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subarcsec MIR view of local AGN. IV. ISAAC imaging

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We present the largest currently existing subarcsecond 3-5{mu}m atlas of 119 local (z<0.3) active galactic nuclei (AGNs).

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This atlas includes AGNs of five subtypes: 22 are Seyfert 1; five are intermediate Seyferts; 46 are Seyfert 2; 26 are low-ionization nuclear emission regions; and 20 are composites/starbursts. Each active galactic nucleus was observed with the Very Large Telescope Infrared Spectrometer and Array Camera (ISAAC) in the L and/or M bands between 2000 and 2013.

We detected at 3{sigma} confidence 92 sources in the L band and 83 sources in the M band. We separated the flux into unresolved nuclear flux and resolved the flux through two-Gaussian fitting. We report the nuclear flux, extended flux, apparent size, and position angle of each source, giving 3{sigma} upper limits for sources that are undetected.

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Using Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) W1- and W2-band photometry we derived relations predicting the nuclear L and M fluxes for Sy1 and Sy2 AGNs based on their W1-W2 color and WISE fluxes. Lastly, we compare the measured mid-infrared colors to those predicted by dusty torus models SKIRTOR, CLUMPY, CAT3D, and CAT3D-WIND, finding the best agreement with the latter. We find that models including polar winds best reproduce the 3-5{mu}m colors, indicating that it is an important component of dusty torus models.

We found that several AGNs are bluer than models predict. We discuss several explanations for this and find that it is most plausibly stellar light contamination within the ISAAC L-band nuclear fluxes.

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