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I only scanned the paper
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I might look it over in more detail later this week...

The short answer is EM radiation CANT do anything to mitigate high energy charged particles in field free space.

A free unbound electron cannot absorb a photon, but electrons orbiting in a magnetic field can.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0ahUKEwjrmbSfqoTUAhVDf5AKHc-7APwQFggmMAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bnl.gov%2Fatf%2FMeetings%2FUserMtg%2Faccelerator.pdf&usg=AFQjCNGuqzUkRnhZB0FUmZzP2x2mw65GgA&cad=rja

What is happening here is that the VLF is interacting with the particles trapped in the earths magnetic field-- it is not eliminating the radiation belt, it is just changing it's location (at least that is the speculation).

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