The Effect of Partial Obscuration on the Luminosity Dependence of the
  Obscured Fraction in Active Galactic Nuclei
  Surveys of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) in different observational regimes
seem to give different answers for the behaviour of the obscured fraction with
luminosity. Based on the complex spectra seen in recent studies, we note that
partial covering could significantly change the apparent luminosities of many
AGN, even after apparent X-ray absorption correction. We explore whether this
effect could reproduce the observed dependence of the obscured fraction on the
apparent X-ray luminosities seen between 2--10 keV. We can reproduce the
observed trend in a model where 33 per cent of AGN are unobscured, 30 per cent
are heavily buried, and 37 per cent have a range of intermediate partial
coverings. Our model is also tentatively successful at reproducing observed
trends in the X-ray vs. infrared luminosity ratio for AGN.
