Abstract
Because of the potential for the charged effluence from an orbital neutral particle beam (NPB) system to become trapped in the Earth's magnetic field, the creation of long-lived fluxes is possible. The circumstances that can lead to trapping of protons from an H/sup 0/ NPB system operated at altitudes of 300-1000 km are considered. A first-order assessment of the flux levels and decay rates of the relic protons produced is presented. An NPB could significantly enhance the near-Earth radiation environment for up to several years, and as such could contributed to the radiation hazard.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">></ETX>
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