Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): Active Galactic Nuclei in Pairs of
  Galaxies
  There exist conflicting observations on whether or not the environment of
broad and narrow line AGN differ and this consequently questions the validity
of the AGN unification model. The high spectroscopic completeness of the GAMA
survey makes it ideal for a comprehensive analysis of the close environment of
galaxies. To exploit this, and conduct a comparative analysis of the
environment of broad and narrow line AGN within GAMA, we use a double-Gaussian
emission line fitting method to model the more complex line profiles associated
with broad line AGN. We select 209 type 1 (i.e., unobscured), 464 type 1.5-1.9
(partially obscured), and 281 type 2 (obscured) AGN within the GAMA II
database. Comparing the fractions of these with neighbouring galaxies out to a
pair separation of $350\,\text{kpc }h^{-1}$ and $\Delta z < 0.012$ shows no
difference between AGN of different type, except at separations less than
$20\,\text{kpc }h^{-1}$ where our observations suggest an excess of type 2 AGN
in close pairs. We analyse the properties of the galaxies neighbouring our AGN
and find no significant differences in colour or the star formation activity of
these galaxies. Further to this we find that $\Sigma_5$ is also consistent
between broad and narrow line AGN. We conclude that the observations presented
here are consistent with AGN unification.
