Dust lanes, thick absorbers, and the unification model for Seyfert galaxies
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
A modification of the popular unification model for Seyfert galaxies is proposed, which takes into account recent observational findings on the statistical properties of both type 1 and type 2 Seyferts. In the proposed scenario, Compton-thick Seyfert 2 galaxies are those sources observed through compact, thick matter (the `torus'), while Compton-thin/intermediate Seyfert galaxies are obscured by dust lanes at larger distances.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0002427,
title = {Dust lanes, thick absorbers, and the unification model for Seyfert galaxies},
author = {Giorgio Matt},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0002427},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
4 pages, 1 figure. Accepted for publication in A&A Letters