Abstract
Stacks of CR-39 track detectors were exposed on different locations on the NASA satellite LDEF and recovered after almost 6 years in space. The preliminary analysis yielded low energy heavy ion tracks on a background of low energy secondaries from proton interactions. The detected heavy ions show a steep energy spectrum and a spatial confinement close to the mirror plane in the South Atlantic Anomaly. We interpret this as evidence for a radiation belt origin.
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