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SINQ: The Swiss Spallation Neutron Source

Neutron scattering is one of the most effective ways to obtain information on both, the structure and the dynamics of condensed matter. A wide scope of problems, ranging from fundamental to solid state physics and chemistry, and from materials science to biology, medicine and environmental science, can be investigated with neutrons. Aside from the scattering techniques, non-diffractive methods like imaging techniques can also be applied with increasing relevance for industrial applications.

The spallation neutron source SINQ is a continuous source - the first and only one of its kind in the world - with a flux of about 1014 n/cm2/s. Beside thermal neutrons, a cold moderator of liquid deuterium (cold source) slows neutrons down and shifts their spectrum to lower energies. These neutrons have proved to be particularly valuable in materials research and in the investigation of biological substances. SINQ is a user facility. Interested groups can apply for beamtime on the various instruments by using the SINQ proposal system.

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The next call for proposals will be opened in early April 2023 with a submission deadline on 15 May 2023. The review panels will gather in the last week of June such that the results can be expected by mid July.

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Recent news and scientific highlights:

7 February 2023
Camera team

Commissioning of the novel Continuous Angle Multi-energy Analysis spectrometer at the Paul Scherrer Institut

We report on the commissioning results of the cold neutron multiplexing secondary spectrometer CAMEA (Continuous Angle Multi-Energy Analysis) at the Swiss Spallation Neutron Source at the Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland. CAMEA is optimized for ...

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30 December 2022
David Mannes

Further optimising car brakes

Media Releases Future Technologies

Research scientists at PSI and ANAXAM use neutrons to look inside brake callipers and identify potential ways of reducing CO2 emissions.

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18 October 2022
Chromium tribromide has the same honeycomb geometry as graphene, but each atom on the lattice is magnetic.

Graphene’s magic in a magnet

Neutron scattering reveals rich magnetic topology in the magnetic equivalent of graphene.

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12 September 2022
To discover the hidden order within CrSBr’s magnetic structure, researchers needed complementary evidence from three different facilities: the Swiss Muon Source, the Swiss Spallation Neutron Source and the Swiss Light Source.

Three PSI research facilities reveal magnetic crossover

Insights from the Swiss Muon Source, Swiss Spallation Neutron Source and Swiss Light Source reveal this coveted characteristic in an exotic layered material.

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