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Energetic particle impact on X-ray imaging with XMM-Newton

Kuntz, K. D.; Snowden, S. L.; Thomas, N. E. +3 more

Since energetic protons (∼100 keV) hinder space-based X-ray imaging, there is a need to characterize the proton environments encountered by a soft X-ray mission when planning missions and operations in the near-Earth environment. Impacts range from enhanced noise in the images to damage to CCD detectors. The high-apogee (17.9 R_E), incli…