New Spectral Model for Constraining Torus Covering Factors from Broadband X-Ray Spectra of Active Galactic Nuclei
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عنوان ژورنال: The Astrophysical Journal
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1538-4357
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aaa7eb