Megamaser detection and nuclear obscuration in Seyfert galaxies

M. Ramolla; M. Haas; V. N. Bennert; R. Chini

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Issue		A&A Volume 530, June 2011


Article Number		A147
Number of page(s)		11
Section		Extragalactic astronomy
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015247
Published online		26 May 2011

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