The toroidal obscuration of active galactic nuclei

New Astronomy Reviews

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 274-288

  Elitzur, Moshe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dust; Extinction; Galaxies: active; Galaxies: Seyfert; Infrared: general; Quasars: general; Radiative transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 48349109107     PISSN: 13876473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.newar.2008.06.010     Document Type: Short Survey

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