A direct image of the obscuring disk surrounding an active galactic nucleus

Nature

Volumn 388, Issue 6645, 1997, Pages 852-854

  Gallimore, Jack F ^a   Baum, Stefi A ^b   O'Dea, Christopher P ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^b STScI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; CLOUD; COSMOS; GRAVITY; INTERFEROMETRY; IONIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030986543     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/42201     Document Type: Article

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