Science of Active Galactic Nuclei with the GTC and CanariCam by Levenson, N, Packham, C, Herrero, A, Aretxaga, I, Colina, L, Santos, T, Elitzur, M, Mason, R, Perlman, E, Radomski, J, Roche, P, Espinosa, J, Young, S, Telesco, C

“…One of the science drivers for Canari-Cam is the study of active galactic nuclei (AGN). …”

Mid-IR polarimetry: New vistas for SOFIA by Packham, C, Axon, D, Hough, J, Jones, T, Roche, P, Tamura, M, Telesco, C

“…Furthering the existing 5-40μm imaging and spectroscopic capabilities of SOFIA, and the University of Florida's mid-IR imagers, spectrometer and Polarimeter designs of T-ReCS and CanariCam, we present an overview of science highlights that could be performed from a ∼5-40μm imaging- and spectro-polarimeter on SOFIA. …”

Design of a Mid-IR polarimeter for SOFIA by Packham, C, Escuti, M, Boreman, G, Quijano, I, Franklin, B, Axon, D, Hough, J, Jones, T, Roche, P, Tamura, M, Telesco, C, Levenson, N, Rodgers, J, McGuire, J

“…The design furthers the existing 5-40μm imaging and spectroscopic capabilities of SOFIA, and draws on experience gained through the University of Florida's mid-IR imagers, spectrometer and polarimeter designs of T-ReCS and CanariCam. We pay special attention to the challenges of obtaining polarimetric materials suitable at both these wavelengths and cryogenic temperatures. …”

High resolution imaging of the magnetic field in the central parsec of the Galaxy by Roche, P, Lopez Rodriguez, E, Telesco, C, Schodel, R, Packham, C

“…The image was obtained at a wavelength of 12.5 μm with the CanariCam multimode mid-infrared imager on the Gran Telescopio Canarias. …”

The magnetic field in the central parsec of the Galaxy by Roche, P, Lopes-Rodriguez, E, Telesco, C, Schoedel, R, Packham, C

“…The observations were made at a wavelength of 12.5 μm with CanariCam mounted on the 10.4-m Gran Telescopio Canarias. …”

Infrared polarimetry of Mrk 231: scattering off hot dust grains in the central core by Lopez-Rodriguez, E, Packham, C, Jones, T, Siebenmorgen, R, Roche, P, Levenson, N, Alonso-Herrero, A, Perlman, E, Ichikawa, K, Ramos Almeida, C, González-Martín, O, Nikutta, R, Martinez-Paredez, M, Shenoy, D, Gordon, M, Telesco, C

“…We present high-angular (0.17−0.35 arcsec) resolution imaging polarimetric observations of Mrk 231 in the 3.1 µm filter using MMT-Pol on the 6.5-m MMT, and in the 8.7 µm, 10.3 µm, and 11.6 µm filters using CanariCam on the 10.4-m Gran Telescopio CANARIAS. …”

Mid-infrared imaging- and spectro-polarimetric subarcsecond observations of NGC 1068 by Lopez-Rodriguez, E, Packham, C, Roche, P, Alonso-Herrero, A, Díaz-Santos, T, Nikutta, R, González-Martín, O, Álvarez, C, Esquej, P, Espinosa, J, Perlman, E, Ramos Almeida, C, Telesco, C

“…We present subarcsecond 7.5–13 μm imaging- and spectro-polarimetric observations of NGC 1068 using CanariCam on the 10.4-m Gran Telescopio CANARIAS. …”

UNCOVERING THE DEEPLY EMBEDDED ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEUS ACTIVITY IN THE NUCLEAR REGIONS OF THE INTERACTING GALAXY Arp 299 by Alonso-Herrero, A, Roche, P, Esquej, P, Gonzalez-Martin, O, Pereira-Santaella, M, Ramos Almeida, C, Levenson, N, Packham, C, Asensio Ramos, A, Mason, R, Rodriguez Espinosa, J, Alvarez, C, Colina, L, Aretxaga, I, Diaz-Santos, T, Perlman, E, Telesco, C

“…We present mid-infrared (MIR) 8-13 μm spectroscopy of the nuclear regions of the interacting galaxy Arp 299 (IC 694+NGC 3690) obtained with CanariCam (CC) on the 10.4 m Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC). …”

The dusty tori of nearby QSOs as constrained by high-resolution mid-IR observations by Martínez-Paredes, M, Aretxaga, I, Alonso-Herrero, A, González-Martín, O, Lopéz-Rodríguez, E, Ramos Almeida, C, Asensio Ramos, A, Diaz Santos, T, Elitzur, M, Esquej, P, Hernán-Caballero, A, Ichikawa, K, Nikutta, R, Packham, C, Pereira-Santaella, M, Telesco, C

“…We present mid-infrared (MIR; 7.5-13.5 μm) imaging and spectroscopy observations obtained with the CanariCam (CC) instrument on the 10.4-m Gran Telescopio CANARIAS for a sample of 20 nearby, MIR bright and X-ray luminous quasi-stellar objects (QSOs).We find that for the majority of QSOs the MIR emission is unresolved at angular scales~0.3 arcsec, corresponding to physical scales ≲600 pc. …”