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Resolved Mid-Infrared Imaging of AGN: An Isotropic Measure of Intrinsic Power

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 June 2010

P. Gandhi ,
H. Horst ,
A. Smette ,
S. F. Hönig ,
A. Comastri ,
R. Gilli ,
C. Vignali  and
W. J. Duschl
P. Gandhi
Affiliation:
RIKEN Cosmic Radiation Lab, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wakoshi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan Email: pg@crab.riken.jp
H. Horst
Affiliation:
Institut für Theoretische Physik und Astrophysik, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Leibnizstr. 15, 24098 Kiel, Germany Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, 53121 Bonn, Germany European Southern Observatory, Alonso de Cordova 3107, Casilla 19001, Santiago, Chile
A. Smette
Affiliation:
European Southern Observatory, Alonso de Cordova 3107, Casilla 19001, Santiago, Chile
S. F. Hönig
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, 53121 Bonn, Germany
A. Comastri
Affiliation:
Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF) – Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna, v ia Ranzani 1, 40127 Bologna, Italy
R. Gilli
Affiliation:
Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF) – Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna, v ia Ranzani 1, 40127 Bologna, Italy
C. Vignali
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Bologna, Via Ranzani 1, I-40127 Bologna, Italy
W. J. Duschl
Affiliation:
Institut für Theoretische Physik und Astrophysik, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Leibnizstr. 15, 24098 Kiel, Germany
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We present a strong correlation between 12μm mid-IR and intrinsic X-ray (2–10 keV) luminosities of local Seyferts. This work is based on new diffraction-limited mid-IR observations with the 8-m Very Large Telescope (VLT), resulting in the least-contaminated core fluxes of 42 Seyferts to date.

Keywords

galaxies: activegalaxies: nucleiinfrared: galaxiesX-rays: galaxiestechniques: high angular resolution
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Contributed Papers
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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 5 , Symposium S267: Co-Evolution of Central Black Holes and Galaxies , August 2009 , pp. 108
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2010

References

Gandhi, P., Horst, H., Smette, A., Hönig, S. F., Comastri, A., Gilli, R., Vignali, C., & Duschl, W. J. 2009, A&A, 502, 457Google Scholar