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Galaxy gas as obscurer – II. Separating the galaxy-scale and nuclear obscurers of active galactic nuclei

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Published in 2017 at "Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society"

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stw2955

Abstract: The "torus" obscurer of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) is poorly understood in terms of its density, substructure and physical mechanisms. Large X-ray surveys provide model boundary constraints, for both Compton-thin and Compton-thick levels of obscuration,… read more here.

Keywords: galactic nuclei; active galactic; obscuration; galaxy scale ... See more keywords