What can be learnt from a highly informative X-ray occultation event in NGC 6814? A marvellous absorber (IMAGE)

University of Science and Technology of China

What can be learnt from a highly informative X-ray occultation event in NGC 6814? A marvellous absorber

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A schematic diagram of the marvellous absorber, composed of Compton-thin/Compton-thick clouds (larger grey/black spheres), and high/low ionized warm absorbers (smaller grey/black spheres).

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Image by Prof. WANG’s team

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