Spectropolarimetry of Compton-thin Seyfert 2s

S. L. Lumsden, D. M. Alexander, J. H. Hough

We present new spectropolarimetry of a sample of nearby Compton-thin Seyfert 2 galaxies (ie those with N_H<10^23 cm^-2). We show that the detection rate of scattered broad Halpha i…