Call for Proposals for µSR Experiments at the SµS
The Call 2021/2 is now closed for the µSR instruments GPD, GPS, HAL-9500 and LEM.
Notifications and beam schedule will be published by end of July 2021.
The Call 2022/1 for the µSR instruments DOLLY, GPD, GPS, HAL-9500 and LEM will open in November 2021 (deadline December 6, 2021).
Next deadline for submission in DUO:
- December 06, 2021, 23:59 CET
Allocation period:
- For the instruments DOLLY, GPD, GPS, HAL-9500 and LEM:
April to September 2022 - For the instrument DOLLY:
Not available from October to December 2022. - The future FLAME instrument is foreseen to be commissioned in 2021. Regular user operation is planned in 2022.
Note that the 1st call 2022 with deadline December 06, 2021, is for the allocation period April to September 2022.
General Guidelines
Proposals have to be submitted via the DUO web interface.
For details about the PSI User Office, see here.
For a description of the instruments see here.
In addition to the normal access mode (i.e. Proposals) beam time can possibly be obtained through Requests for Urgent Beam Time (see below).
1. Proposals
- Allocation periods: see above.
- Deadline for submission in DUO for call 2022/1: December 6, 2021, 23:59 (Swiss time, CET).
- Please note: this is a hard deadline - post deadline editing of proposals will be disabled.
2. Requests for Urgent Beam Time (Director's Discretion Time)
Reserved for feasibility tests or urgent measurements on new materials. A very limited amount of beam time is reserved for urgent beam time requests. For the request of urgent beam time (typically 1 or 2 days) an informal letter containing the relevant information about the project, the sample, the requested instrument and number of necessary days may be addressed electronically at any time of a running cycle to:
Contact:
Dr. Thomas Prokscha
Head ad Interim of LMU Laboratory
Paul Scherrer Institut
WLGA/127
CH-5232 Villigen PSI
thomas.prokscha@psi.ch