  A total of 235 Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) from two different soft X-ray
surveys (the ROSAT Deep Survey -DRS- and the ROSAT International X-ray Optical
Survey -RIXOS-) with redshifts between 0 and 3.5 are used to study the
clustering of X-ray selected AGN and its evolution. A 2 sigma significant
detection of clustering of such objects is found on scales <40-80/h Mpc in the
RIXOS sample, while no clustering is detected on any scales in the DRS sample.
Assuming a single power law model for the spatial correlation function (SCF),
quantitative limits on the AGN clustering have been obtained: a comoving
correlation length 1.5<~ r_0 <~ 3.3/h Mpc is implied for comoving evolution,
while 1.9 <~ r_0 <~ 4.8 for stable clustering and 2.2 <~ r_0 <~ 5.5 for linear
evolution. These values are consistent with the correlation lengths and
evolutions obtained for galaxy samples, but imply smaller amplitude or faster
evolution than recent UV and optically selected AGN samples. We also constrain
the ratio of bias parameters between X-ray selected AGN and IRAS galaxies to be
  <~1.7 on scales <~ 10/h Mpc, a significantly smaller value than is inferred
from local large-scale dynamical studies.

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