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Table 3.

Summary of the input parameters to simulate HARMONI observations of AGNs and their host.

HSIM parameter Input value Comments
Exposure time 900 Integration time of each exposure in seconds
Nexp 12 Number of exposures
Grating Iz + J & H + K Selection according to target redshift
Spaxel scale 20 × 20 In mas × mas
Zenith seeing 0.64 arcsec Average seeing at Cerro Armazones (Skidmore et al. 2009)
Air mass 1.1 Average air mass during the HARMONI observation
Moon illumination 0 Fraction of the Moon illuminated in dark nights
Jitter 3 Telescope PSF blur in mas
Telescope temperature 280 Typical temperature of the site and telescope in K
ADR on or off True Simulate the atmospheric differential refraction
AO mode LTAO Adaptive optics (AO) mode of the observations
Detector systematics None Detector systematics not included
Noise seed 1234 Random number generator

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