Obscured active galactic nuclei: The hidden side of the X-ray Universe

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 360, Issue 1798, 2002, Pages 2045-2056

  Matt, Giorgio ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Active galactic nuclei; X ray astronomy; X ray background

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER;

EID: 0037105509     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2002.1052     Document Type: Conference Paper

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