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

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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C. Golabek, J. Billard, A. Allaoua, G. Bosson, O. Bourrion, et al.. A ${\mu}$TPC detector for the characterization of low energy neutron fields. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Elsevier, 2012, 678, pp.33-38. ⟨10.1016/j.nima.2012.03.003⟩. ⟨in2p3-00680545⟩

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