The mid-IR emission of low-luminosity AGN

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Nov 2011

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011sacm.confe..42m&link_type=abstract

The Starburst-AGN Connection under the Multiwavelength Limelight, held 14-16 September 2011. Published online at http://www.scio

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Low-luminosity AGN (LLAGN; LINERs and low-luminosity Seyferts) are commonly suggested to be the "missing link" between luminous AGN and relatively quiescent systems like the Galactic centre. However, their mid-IR properties have not been widely explored, particularly at the sub-arcsecond angular resolution necessary to disentangle emission from the faint central engines and that of the surrounding galaxy. Many processes may be able to contribute to the mid-IR emission in these objects, including the accretion flow, dusty torus, evolved stars and dust heated by star formation. We will present the results of a high-resolution mid-IR imaging survey of IR-faint LLAGN. We combine these data with Spitzer spectroscopy and multi-wavelength photometry to test models for the origin of the torus and assess the contribution of these diverse phenomena to the IR emission of these ubiquitous objects.

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