Abstract
Calculations were made of the initial electron distribution in space resulting from decay of neutrons emanating from a point source outside the earth's atmosphere. The albedo of neutrons from the earth's atmosphere and partial thermalization produces an important part of the electrons. About 80% of the neutrons incident on the atmosphere are reflected. Since approximate normalization to the Starfish explosion shows that fiuxes of less than 10/sup 7/ electrons/ cm/sup 2//sec are expected initially near the explosion site, this source does not contribute a large fraction of the observed artificial radiation belt. (auth)
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