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A systematic analysis of the XMM-Newton background: III. Impact of the magnetospheric environment
Authors:Simona Ghizzardi  Martino Marelli  David Salvetti  Fabio Gastaldello  Silvano Molendi  Andrea De Luca  Alberto Moretti  Mariachiara Rossetti  Andrea Tiengo
Institution:1.INAF-IASF Milano,Milano,Italy;2.INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera,Milano,Italy;3.Istituto Universitario di Studi Superiori,Pavia,Italy
Abstract:A detailed characterization of the particle induced background is fundamental for many of the scientific objectives of the Athena X-ray telescope, thus an adequate knowledge of the background that will be encountered by Athena is desirable. Current X-ray telescopes have shown that the intensity of the particle induced background can be highly variable. Different regions of the magnetosphere can have very different environmental conditions, which can, in principle, differently affect the particle induced background detected by the instruments. We present results concerning the influence of the magnetospheric environment on the background detected by EPIC instrument onboard XMM-Newton through the estimate of the variation of the in-Field-of-View background excess along the XMM-Newton orbit. An important contribution to the XMM background, which may affect the Athena background as well, comes from soft proton flares. Along with the flaring component a low-intensity component is also present. We find that both show modest variations in the different magnetozones and that the soft proton component shows a strong trend with the distance from Earth.
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