Searching for AGN buried in starbursts

We propose a program searching for obscured AGN in nearby bright infraredgalaxies reminiscent of NGC4945, a classical example of FIR galaxies whichonly hard Xray technique can probe the obscured nuclei. We selected 11molecularrich, intermediate luminosity galaxies from the IRAS Bright GalaxySample. They are strong starburst galaxies and potentially harbour activenuclei which optical technique could not be sensitive to. Xray detection of AGN in this sample would have significant implications for the Xray background,farIR background and formation of black holes in the universe. truncated!, Please see actual data for full text [truncated!, Please see actual data for full text]