Abstract
The micromegas detectors are proposed as one of the options to upgrade the ATLAS muon spectrometer in the very forward/backward region. One of the problems of all detectors in the LHC and especially the ones near the beam pipe is the high neutron background. A study of a tracking micromegas detector with high flux neutrons, focusing on the sparking properties, is performed for the first time. The neutrons are supplied by the Tandem accelerator, at the N.C.S.R. ``Demokritos'' in Athens, which can provide quasi monochromatic neutrons with energies up to 25.7 MeV. The first results of this study are presented.
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