Warm Absorbers in Active Galactic Nuclei
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Observations of warm absorbers provided new ways to study the nuclear environments of AGNs. I discuss basic properties of warm absorbers and early developments with ROSAT, ASCA and HST observations. I briefly touch upon recent advances made with Chandra and FUSE. Key-words : quasars: absorption lines– ultraviolet: galaxies– X-rays: galaxies
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تاریخ انتشار 2002