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The “Torus”
- Obscurer with substantial covering
- 75% LOS are obscured, ~38% are CTK Buchner+15
(corrected for selection-effect, i.e. intrinsic fractions)
- Subtracting the host galaxy,
40% LOS are obscured, CTK unchanged, Buchner+17
- But depends on luminosity or Eddington rate (Buchner+15,17)
- few pc scale – VLBI
- Non-spherical – polarisation
- polar dust emissions – high-res IR