THE MID-INFRARED ATLAS!

OF LOCAL!
ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI
Daniel Asmus!
(ESO, Chile)!
!

Poshak Gandhi!
Sebastian F. Hnig!
Alain Smette!
Wolfgang J. Duschl

Active galactic nuclei (AGN) are bright(est)

in the mid-infrared.

1. AGN

2. Atlas

3. VO

Type 1
AGN

Type 2
AGN

Type 1
AGN

Type 2
AGN

???
!

WISE (0.4m)

VLT/VISIR (8.2m)

Asmus+14

NGC 5506

Asmus+14

MCG-03-34-064

Asmus+14

NGC 6221

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Type 1 AGN are mostly point-like while composite objects are

mostly extended.

Verified mid-infrared elongations are aligned

with the outflow cones.

The nuclear emission dominates the total mid-infrared emission

only at highest luminosities.

The mid-infrared emission strongly correlates with the X-ray

emission for all types of AGN.
Asmus (in prep.)
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The mid-infrared and X-ray emission are both converted UV

emission from the accretion disk

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What have we learned?

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MIR structures compact <20pc

significant dust in most objects
dust in the NLR, extending to
larger scales
nuclear dominates total MIR
emission only at highest
luminosities
strong MIRX-ray correlation
for all types of AGN
nuclear MIR emission a good
bolometric indicator

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NGC6240S
NGC1808

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NGC5363

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NGC4945

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The Atlas is a heterogeneous quasi flux-limited sample that

includes all types of local AGN.
Asmus+14

The chop & nod technique makes the target observable.

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