The XMM-Newton EPIC background and the production of background blank sky event files
The XMM-Newton EPIC background and the production of background blank sky event files
Aims.We describe in detail the nature of XMM-Newton EPIC background and its various complex components, summarising the new findings of the XMM-Newton EPIC background working group, and provide XMM-Newton background blank sky event files for use in the data analysis of diffuse and extended sources.