Sub-arcsec mid-IR observations of NGC 1614: Nuclear star formation or an intrinsically X-ray weak AGN?

We acknowledge support from the Spanish Plan Nacional de Astronomia y Astrofisica through grants AYA2010-21161-C02-01, and AYA2012-32295. AAH and AA acknowledges funding from the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness under grants AYA2012-31447 and AYA2012-38491-CO2-02, which are party funded by the FEDER programme.MAPT acknowledges support from the Spanish MICINN through grant AYA2012-38491-C02-02. CRA acknowledges support from a Marie Curie Intra European Fellowship within the 7th European Community Framework Programme (PIEF-GA-2012-327934).

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