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Reducing the background in X-ray imaging detectors via machine learning
D. R. Wilkins, S. W. Allen, E. D. Miller +9
The sensitivity of astronomical X-ray detectors is limited by the instrumental background. The background is especially important when observing low surface brightness sources that…
Understanding the effects of charge diffusion in next-generation soft X-ray imagers
Eric D. Miller, Gregory Y. Prigozhin, Beverly J. LaMarr +6
To take advantage of high-resolution optics sensitive to a broad energy range, future X-ray imaging instruments will require thick detectors with small pixels. This pixel aspect ra…
Towards precision particle background estimation for future X-ray missions: correlated variability between Chandra ACIS and AMS
Catherine E. Grant, Eric D. Miller, Marshall W. Bautz +4
A science goal of many future X-ray observatories is mapping the cosmic web through deep exposures of faint diffuse sources. Such observations require low background and the best p…
The origin of the unfocused XMM-Newton background, its variability and lessons learned for ATHENA
Fabio Gastaldello, Martino Marelli, Silvano Molendi +7
We analyzed the unexposed to the sky outFOV region of the MOS2 detector on board XMM-Newton covering 15 years of data amounting to 255 Ms. We show convincing evidence that the orig…
Mitigating the effects of particle background on the Athena Wide-Field Imager
Eric D. Miller, Catherine E. Grant, Marshall W. Bautz +16
The Wide Field Imager (WFI) flying on Athena will usher in the next era of studying the hot and energetic Universe. WFI observations of faint, diffuse sources will be limited by un…
Measurement and simulation of charge diffusion in a small-pixel charge-coupled device
Beverly J. LaMarr, Gregory Y. Prigozhin, Eric D. Miller +9
Future high-resolution imaging X-ray observatories may require detectors with both fine spatial resolution and high quantum efficiency at relatively high X-ray energies (>5keV). A…