AGN obscuration and the unified model

Advances in Astronomy

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Bianchi, Stefano ^a   Maiolino, Roberto ^b,c   Risaliti, Guido ^d,e  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI ROMA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI ARCETRI   (Italy)

^e HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

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EID: 84858228414     PISSN: 16877969     EISSN: 16877977     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/782030     Document Type: Review

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