Context.To analyze diffuse emission that fills the field of view, one must accurately characterize the instrumental backgrounds. For the XMM-Newton EPIC-MOS instrument these backgrounds include a temporally variable “quiescent” component, as well as the strongly variable soft proton contamination.
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