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JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS
Volume 113, Issue A11, Pages -Publisher
AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013593
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- NSF [ATM-0518190]
- NASA [NNG04GB55G, NAG5-12929]
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Products of nuclear reactions between primary radiation belt protons and constituents of the tenuous upper atmosphere form a collocated secondary radiation belt. A calculation of the time-dependent secondary intensity provides a model specification of this environmental component for low-and medium-altitude satellite orbits. It is based on an earlier model of the radiation belt protons, the novel feature being a determination of the secondary source function from nuclear reaction cross sections. All long-lived secondary products are included, isotopes of H and He being dominant while the heavier Li to O isotopes are present at relatively low levels. Secondary protons are shown to be a minor correction to the primary radiation belt.
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