Revisiting the relationship between 6 μm and 2-10 keV continuum luminosities of AGN

SM, FJC, XB, AH-C and AA-H acknowledge funding from the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness under grant AYA2012-31447, which is partly funded by the FEDER programme. SM, FJC and AA-H acknowledge financial support from the ARCHES project (7th Framework of the European Union, no. 313146). AA-H acknowledges support from the Universidad de Cantabria through the Augusto G. Linares programme. AC, RDC and PS acknowledge financial support from the Italian Ministry of Education, Universities and Research (PRIN2010-2011, grant no. 2010NHBSBE) and from ASI (grant no. I/088/06/0).

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