A {\mu}-TPC detector for the characterization of low energy neutron fields

C. Golabek; J. Billard; A. Allaoua; G. Bosson; O. Bourrion; C. Grignon; O. Guillaudin; L. Lebreton; F. Mayet; M. Petit; J. -P. Richer; D. Santos

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2012.03.003

A {\mu}-TPC detector for the characterization of low energy neutron fields

Instrumentation and Detectors 2012-05-17 v1

Authors: C. Golabek , J. Billard , A. Allaoua , G. Bosson , O. Bourrion , C. Grignon , O. Guillaudin , L. Lebreton , F. Mayet , M. Petit , J. -P. Richer , D. Santos

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Abstract

The AMANDE facility produces monoenergetic neutron fields from 2 keV to 20 MeV for metrological purposes. To be considered as a reference facility, fluence and energy distributions of neutron fields have to be determined by primary measurement standards. For this purpose, a micro Time Projection Chamber is being developed to be dedicated to measure neutron fields with energy ranging from 8 keV up to 1 MeV. In this work we present simulations showing that such a detector, which allows the measurement of the ionization energy and the 3D reconstruction of the recoil nucleus, provides the determination of neutron energy and fluence of these neutron fields.

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micro Time Projection Chamber (μ-TPC) low energy neutron fields neutron energy fluence AMANDE facility recoil nucleus 3D reconstruction

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@article{arxiv.1203.2443,
  title  = {A {\mu}-TPC detector for the characterization of low energy neutron fields},
  author = {C. Golabek and J. Billard and A. Allaoua and G. Bosson and O. Bourrion and C. Grignon and O. Guillaudin and L. Lebreton and F. Mayet and M. Petit and J. -P. Richer and D. Santos},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1203.2443},
  year   = {2012}
}

A {\mu}-TPC detector for the characterization of low energy neutron fields

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