AGN Obscuration and the Unified Model

Unification Models of Active Galactic Nuclei postulate that all the observed differences between type 1 and type 2 objects are due to orientation effects with respect to the line of sight to the observer. The key ingredient of these models is the obscuring medium, historically envisaged as a toroida...

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Auteurs principaux: Stefano Bianchi, Roberto Maiolino, Guido Risaliti
Format: Article
Langue:English
Publié: Wiley 2012-01-01
Collection:Advances in Astronomy
Accès en ligne:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/782030