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\@writefile{lof}{\contentsline {figure}{\numberline {1}{\ignorespaces \relax \fontsize  {8}{9.5}\selectfont  Images of SDSS J1254+0846. LEFT: The optical image (1$^{\prime \prime }$\, seeing in r band with Magellan/IMACS) shows the two bright quasar nuclei, and reveals the tidal arms of a host galaxy merger. Our Chandra X-ray image (same scale, but 0.5" on a side) shows the two nuclei, which both have typical fX/fopt and power-law spectral slopes. RIGHT: Numerical simulation of a merger like SDSS J1254+0846, captured at 2.3 Gyr. Taken directly from Green et al. (2010). Press release and videos of this simulation are available at {\tt  http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/sdss} }}{3}}
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\@writefile{lof}{\contentsline {figure}{\numberline {2}{\ignorespaces \relax \fontsize  {8}{9.5}\selectfont  {\em  UPPER LEFT:} CXOJ121554.5+263946 is a previously uncatalogued Chandra-detected system in our bright sample. The NE galaxy has an absorption-line spectrum 12960\,km/sec, while our FAST spectrum of the larger galaxy shows a Seyfert 1.9 (broad H$\alpha $ only) at 13029\,km/s. This interacting system is among the dozen or so $i<18$ mergers we have pursued with the SDSS + FLWO1.5m/FAST, which we hope to expand to a less-biased and larger statistical sample with the MMT/BlueChannel. {\em  UPPER RIGHT:} Hard X-ray photon index $\Gamma $ vs. $L_X$ for our general sample of Chandra/SDSS galaxies and AGN, with optical morphological classifications. Mergers (black squares) appear to be similar to spiral galaxies rather than AGN. {\em  LOWER PANEL:} Thumbnails for our $18<i<20$ MMT sample have typical component separations $\sim $5$^{\prime \prime }$, and evidence in several cases for multiple nuclei in a single disturbed host. }}{4}}
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