Large Research Facilities

Sometimes, one needs unusually large pieces of equipment to look at the smallest of objects – because only these large machines or facilities can generate the probes that are needed to examine matter in such a way that the information being sought can be obtained. PSI maintains a number of such facilities, making them available as a service for other institutions, but also using them for its own research. These facilities are unique within Switzerland, and PSI is the only location in the world for some of the facilities

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Further information

• The Swiss X-ray free-electron laser SwissFEL
• The Swiss Light Source SLS
• The SINQ neutron source
• The SμS muon source
• The PSI proton accelerator