In this thesis, we use the X-ray telescopes Chandra and XMM-Newton for the study of elemental abundances of the two most powerful X-ray emitters
in the Universe: the intra-cluster medium (ICM), permeating clusters of galaxies, and active galactic nuclei. We aim at tracing the evolution in the chemical composition of these objects in order to derive conclusions on the past history of the accumulation of
metals in the Universe. We find significant evidence of a decrease in the average Fe content of the ICM as a function of redshift, implying an evolution of more than a factor of 2 from z~0.4 to z~1.3. We find indications for solar or twice solar metallicities from photoionization models in two X-ray bright, nearby, Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 galaxies, confirming results based on optical/UV diagnostics.
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In this thesis, we use the X-ray telescopes Chandra and XMM-Newton for the study of elemental abundances of the two most powerful X-ray emitters
in the Universe: the intra-cluster medium (ICM), permeating clusters of galaxies, and active galactic nuclei. We aim at tracing the evolution in the chemical composition of these objects in order to derive conclusions on the past history of the accumulation of
metals in the Universe. We find significant evidence of a decrease in the average Fe conte...
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