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Obscuration Effects

Obscuration Effects is a phenomenon in X-ray astronomy characterized by the partial or total blocking of incoming X-ray photons due to structural components within the telescope or intervening astrophysical material, thereby reducing effective collecting area and distorting spectral and spatial information.

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455

The Distribution of Rich Clusters of Galaxies.

George O. Abell · The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series · 1958 · 1.3K citations

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The Dust Opacity of Star‐forming Galaxies

Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific · 2001 · 835 citations · Full text

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AGN Dusty Tori. II. Observational Implications of Clumpiness

Maia Nenkova, M. M. Sirocky, Robert Nikutta et al. · The Astrophysical Journal · 2008 · 814 citations · Full text

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The Dust Opacity of Star-Forming Galaxies

2001 · 468 citations

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The X‐Ray Spectral Properties of SCUBA Galaxies

D. M. Alexander, F. E. Bauer, S. C. Chapman et al. · The Astrophysical Journal · 2005 · 417 citations · Full text

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  1. GA
    G. A. Kriss

    Space Telescope Science Institute, United States

    14 publications · 670 citations

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  2. JS
    J. S. Kaastra

    Space Research Organisation Netherlands, Netherlands

    14 publications · 670 citations

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  3. MM
    M. Mehdipour

    Space Research Organisation Netherlands, Netherlands

    14 publications · 644 citations

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  4. EC
    E. Costantini

    Space Research Organisation Netherlands, Netherlands

    13 publications · 629 citations

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  5. SB
    S. Bianchi

    Roma Tre University, Italy

    13 publications · 719 citations

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Institutions

626

  1. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    28 h-index

    98 publications

    6.9K citations

  2. Space Telescope Science Institute

    Baltimore, United States

    27 h-index

    65 publications

    3.9K citations

  3. Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian

    Cambridge, United States

    26 h-index

    75 publications

    4.4K citations

  4. Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics

    Garching bei München, Germany

    26 h-index

    96 publications

    11K citations

  5. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    25 h-index

    71 publications

    5.4K citations

  6. Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté

    Besançon, France

    24 h-index

    43 publications

    2.4K citations

  7. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    24 h-index

    54 publications

    5.1K citations

  8. Jet Propulsion Laboratory

    Pasadena, United States

    22 h-index

    46 publications

    3.1K citations

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  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 109 publications · 9.2K citations

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  2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    72 publications · 3.8K citations

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  3. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    57 publications · 2.5K citations

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  4. Applied Optics

    18 publications · 629 citations

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  5. The Astronomical Journal

    AJ · 16 publications · 641 citations

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