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arxiv: 1205.3343 · v1 · pith:BVMGXPYInew · submitted 2012-05-15 · 🌌 astro-ph.CO

A mid-IR survey of local AGN with GTC/CanariCam

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We describe a mid-infrared (MIR) survey of local AGN to be conducted with the CanariCam instrument on the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC). We will obtain MIR imaging and spectroscopy of a sample of ~100 AGN covering six orders of magnitude in AGN luminosity, and including different AGN classes (e.g., LINERs, Seyfert 1s and 2s, QSO). The main goals are: (1) to test unification of Type 1 and Type 2 AGN, (2) to study the star formation activity around AGN, and (3) to explore the role of the dusty torus in low-luminosity AGN.

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