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Galaxy And Mass Assembly (Gama) : Active Galactic Nuclei In Pairs Of Galaxies., Yjan A. Gordon, Matt S. Owers, Kevin A. Pimbblet, Scott M. Croom, Mehmet Alpaslan, Ivan K. Baldry, Sarah Brough, Michael J. I. Brown, Michelle E. Cluver, Christopher J. Conselice, Luke J. M. Davies, Benne W. Holwerda, Andrew M. Hopkins, Madusha L. P. Gunawardhana, Jonathan Loveday, Edward N. Taylor, Lingyu Wang

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There exist conflicting observations on whether or not the environment of broad- and narrow-line active galatic nuclei (AGN) differ and this consequently questions the validity of the AGN unification model. The high spectroscopic completeness of the Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA) survey makes it ideal for a comprehensive analysis of the close environment of galaxies. To exploit this, and conduct a comparative analysis of the environment of broad- and narrow-line AGN within GAMA, we use a double-Gaussian emission line fitting method to model the more complex line profiles associated with broad-line AGN. We select 209 type 1 (i.e. unobscured), 464 …