Based on elastic collisions, the linear momentum of a fast neutron can be measured from as few as two consecutive recoil ion tracks plus the vertex position of the third collision, or `two and half' ion tracks. If the time delay between the first two consecutive ion tracks is also measured, the number of ion tracks can be reduced to one and a half. The angular and magnitude resolutions are limited by ion range straggling to about ten percent. Multi-wire proportional chambers and light-field imaging are discussed for fast neutron tracking. Single-charge or single-photon detection sensitivity is required in either approach. Light-field imaging is free of charge-diffusion-induced image blur, but the limited number of photons available can be a challenge. 1H,2H and 3He could be used for the initial development of fast neutron trackers based on light-field imaging.
@article{arxiv.1210.8218,
title = {Tracking fast neutrons},
author = {Zhehui Wang and Christopher L. Morris},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1210.8218},
year = {2023}
}