Status report of the solar neutrino detection project HELLAZ

We report the status of the solar neutrino project called HELLAZ. In a high pressure TPC filled with helium, the detection of each ionisation electron of the track produced by the recoil electron from elastic scattering induc ed by solar neutrinos will yield the low energy, high resolution solar neut rino spectrum. Two topics are presented: tests of Micromegas gas chambers g iving a good discrimination between adjacent ionisation electrons and the p reliminary test of the direction of the primary electron track from the clo ud analysis. These two tests seem rather encouraging.