From 1e45fb4f77125ef8804e55bf03454199c54b1252 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tim Plummer <Timothy.Plummer@lasp.colorado.edu>
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2026 15:40:38 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Update hi excess background counts to 0.002 counts/sec

---
 imap_processing/hi/utils.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/imap_processing/hi/utils.py b/imap_processing/hi/utils.py
index 4b941a246..d872d6742 100644
--- a/imap_processing/hi/utils.py
+++ b/imap_processing/hi/utils.py
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ class HiConstants:
     # Background rate correction
     # Constant offset to subtract from combined background rates to correct
     # for excess counts from the outer ESA during background testing.
-    EXCESS_BACKGROUND_COUNT_RATE = 0.003  # per second
+    EXCESS_BACKGROUND_COUNT_RATE = 0.002  # per second
     EXCESS_BACKGROUND_COUNT_RATE_UNC = 0.001
     # ESAs 7, 8, 9 get an extra 0.0025/s uncertainty to account for possible
     # unidentified additional background in these ESA steps.