Is there a merger-AGN connection questionMark

We propose here to test the proposed mergerAGN connection in the reverse., bysearching for evidence of hidden AGN in imminent mergers and very recent mergerremnants objectively and homogeneously selected from the highly completeMillennium Galaxy Catalog. Even if the AGNs are hidden behind dust and gas, theyshould be visible in the Xrays. We propose to image a sample of 17 targets at z < 0.06 to search for evidence that these objects host active supermassiveblack holes using XMMEPIC. This will constitute a stringent test of themergerAGN cycle. truncated!, Please see actual data for full text [truncated!, Please see actual data for full text]