All Tables

Table 1: Summary of all the observations used. IMF gives the instrument, mode and filter for PN-MOS1-MOS2 as [f = full-frame, e = full-frame-extended, t = thin, m=medium, k = thick and NA - not applicable]. Exp. is the cleaned exposure time, and f(Ex) the fraction of exposure removed after screening (where possible PN or alternatively MOS1).
Table 2: Summary of the cleaned and filtered observations used in the production of the EPIC background files, separated into the different combinations of instrument, instrument mode and filter used. LIVETIME is the livetime keyword value for the central CCD i.e. corrected for periods of high-background and dead-time. For the PN full-frame mode with the medium or thin filter, the files have been split between the two hemispheres based on the galactic centre and galactic anti-centre individual event pointings.
Table 3: Out-FOV and in-FOV count rates for the refilled background event files between 2.5 keV and 6.0 keV. The pattern code gives the patterns used, and can be either equal to 0, $\leq$ 12 (MOS) or $\leq$ 4 (PN). For the mode/filter combination a code is used, and for some PN files the location dependent of the file is indicated where appropriate [f - full-frame mode, e - full-frame-extended mode, t - thin filter, m - medium filter, k - thick, AC - galactic anti-centre hemisphere, GC - galactic hemisphere].
Table 4: Results of spectral fitting to the two subsections of the MOS thin filter, full-frame mode background files, fitted using a wabs $\times$ power-law model (see text).