The SDSS DR5/XMM-Newton quasar survey

These quasars cover a redshift range of z=0.11-5.41 and a magnitude range of i=15.3-20.7. Substantial numbers of radio-loud (70) and broad absorption line (51) quasars exist within this sample.

Significant X-ray detections at >=2{sigma} account for 87% of the sample (685 quasars), and 473 quasars are detected at >=6{sigma}, sufficient to allow X-ray spectral fits. For detected sources, ~60% have X-ray fluxes between F_2-10keV_=(1-10)x10^-14^erg/cm^2^/s. We fit a single power law, a fixed power law with intrinsic absorption left free to vary, and an absorbed power-law model to all quasars with X-ray signal-to-noise ratio >=6, resulting in a weighted mean photon index {Gamma}=1.91+/-0.08, with an intrinsic dispersion {sigma}_{Gamma}_=0.38.