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X-ray spectra transmitted through Compton-thick absorbers

Astrophysics 2009-10-31 v1

Abstract

X-ray spectra transmitted through matter which is optically thick to Compton scattering are computed by means of Monte Carlo simulations. Applications to the BeppoSAX data of the Seyfert 2 galaxy in Circinus, and to the spectral modeling of the Cosmic X-ray Background, are discussed.

Cite

@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9904341,
  title  = {X-ray spectra transmitted through Compton-thick absorbers},
  author = {Giorgio Matt and Fulvio Pompilio and Fabio La Franca},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9904341},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

10 pages. Accepted for publication in New Astronomy