An alternative to using a non-flaring background estimate would be to use the counts from the fully covered pixels in the background monitor detector. This would allow the background estimate to be simultaneous with the flare data although the counting statistics would be much lower.
An alternative to using a non-flaring background estimate would be to use the counts from the fully covered pixels in the background monitor detector. This would allow the background estimate to be simultaneous with the flare data although the counting statistics would be much lower.