EPIC pn-CCD detector aboard XMM-Newton: status of the background calibration

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Feb 2004

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004spie.5165..112f&link_type=abstract

X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy XIII. Edited by Flanagan, Kathryn A.; Siegmund, Oswald H. W. Proceedings o

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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We report on the current status of the background calibration of the EPIC pn-CCD camera on board XMM-Newton. The intrinsic background is comprised of internal electronic noise, and continuous and fluorescent X-ray emission induced by high-energy particles. Soft protons passing through the X-ray telescope (and finally also true cosmic X-rays) contribute to the registered events. The camera background has been monitored by using data in closed filter positions for three years; we review the spectral, spatial, and temporal distribution, for all commissioned instrument modes. This paper also discusses briefly the effects on scientific data analysis and conclusions for further observations and detectors.

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