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X-ray spectra transmitted through Compton-thick absorbers

Giorgio Matt, Fulvio Pompilio, Fabio La Franca

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/9904341

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.

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