In order to measure the energy of neutron fields, with energy ranging from 8 keV to 1 MeV, a new primary standard is being developed at the IRSN (Institute for Radioprotection and Nuclear Safety). This project, micro-TPC (Micro Time Projection Chamber), carried out in collaboration with the LPSC (Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie), is based on the nuclear recoil detector principle. The instrument is presented with the associated method to measure the neutron energy. This article emphasizes the proton energy calibration procedure and energy measurements of a neutron field produced at 127 keV with the IRSN facility AMANDE.
@article{arxiv.1310.6837,
title = {Measurement of a 127 keV Neutron Field with a micro-TPC Spectrometer},
author = {D. Maire and J. Billard and G. Bosson and O. Bourrion and O. Guillaudin and J. Lamblin and L. Lebreton and F. Mayet and J. Médard and J. F. Muraz and M. Petit and J. P. Richer and Q. Riffard and D. Santos},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1310.6837},
year = {2014}
}
Comments
7 pages. Submitted in IEEE TNS/ Special Issue ANIMMA 2013