Identifying Compton-thick AGNs in the COSMOS. I. Among X-ray AGNs with Low Photon Counts

Xiaotong Guo, Qiusheng Gu, Guanwen Fang +4

Compton-thick active galactic nuclei (CT-AGNs), characterized by a significant absorption with column densities of ${\mathrm{N}}_{\mathrm{H}}⩾1.5\times 10^{24}{\mathrm{cm}}^{-2}$, emi…