A new neutron detector based on Micromegas technology has been developed for the measurement of the simulated neutron spectrum in the ADS project. After the presentation of simulated neutron spectra obtained in the interaction of 140 MeV protons with the spallation target inside the TRIGA core, a full description of the new detector configuration is given. The advantage of this detector compared to conventional neutron flux detectors and the results obtained with the first prototype at the CELINA 14 MeV neutron source facility at CEA-Cadarache are presented. The future developments of operational Piccolo-Micromegas for fast neutron reactors are also described.
@article{arxiv.physics/0607066,
title = {New neutron detector based on Micromegas technology for ADS projects},
author = {Samuel Andriamonje and Gregory Andriamonje and Stephan Aune and Gilles Ban and Stephane Breaud and Christophe Blandin and Esther Ferrer and Benoit Geslot and Arnaud Giganon and Ioannis Giomataris and Christian Jammes and Yacine Kadi and Philippe Laborie and Jean Francois Lecolley and Julien Pancin and Marc Riallot and Roberto Rosa and Lucia Sarchiapone and Jean Claude Steckmeyer and Joel Tillier},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0607066},
year = {2010}
}