Background Studies for EXIST
Colleen Wilson
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
colleen.wilson@nasa.gov
Additional authors: G.N. Pendleton, G.J. Fishman
We present results from a study of the trapped proton and electron background for several orbital inclinations and altitudes. This study includes time dependent effects. In addition we describe a 3 component cosmic background model developed at the University of Southampton, UK. The three components are cosmic diffuse gamma rays, atmospheric albedo gamma rays, and cosmic ray protons. We present examples of how this model was applied to BATSE and discuss its application to EXIST.
