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The Paul Scherrer Institute operates five major user laboratories: a third generation X-ray synchrotron source (SLS), a X-ray free electron laser facility (SwissFEL), the only continuous spallation neutron source worldwide (SINQ), the worlds most powerful continuous-beam μSR facility (SμS) and a meson factory for fundamental nuclear and elementary particle physics (CHRISP). In fact, PSI is one of the very few places worldwide to offer the three major probes for condensed matter research (photons, neutrons and muons) on one campus.

The PSI User Office is a central PSI installation to serve the users from all the large scale user laboratories of PSI. In case of any question before, during or after your stay at PSI please don't hesitate to contact us.

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22 January 2021

SLS and SwissFEL Backlog Policy

Both you as users of our facilities and the teams operating the beamlines, and end-stations require planning reliability for conducting challenging experiments. Therefore, we schedule beamtime half a year ahead of time. During a pandemic, re-scheduling can sometimes not be avoided. However, if beamtime has been granted more than a year ago by the PRC, then both the principal investigator and the PRC should re-check if the proposed project is still up-to-date. Therefore, we introduce the 'maximum one chance to reschedule accepted beamtime due to pandemic' policy for all beamtime scheduled from 2021 onwards.

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22 January 2021

Status of SLS and SwissFEL

Please find some relevant updated information on the following topics:

- COVID-19 call continues and is still open in 2021
- SLS 24/7 with external users on site
- We are dedicated to education - Travel and safety considerations for your beamtime
- Remote access
- Current travel information of the Federal Office of Public Health
- Green Light for the SLS 2.0 upgrade
- ATHOS entering pilot operation

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21 January 2021
COVID call

Priority access call for work on combating COVID-19 continues

On January 30th, 2020, the WHO declared the recent outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a public health emergency of international concern. It declared that there is an urgent need to improve our understanding of the newly identified virus and its possible future evolution as well as to contain the spread; to develop precise diagnostics and treatment, and to improve the public health response and patient care.

The COVID priority access call continues and is still open in 2021.

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11 January 2021

X+N call open

The annual call for proposals for both SINQ and for SLS powder diffraction proposals is open! Submission deadline will be February 26th - 04:00 pm (CET)-

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29 October 2020
update flyer 2020-10-29

Updated information flyer: user operation during COVID-19 period

PSI has updated the information and guidelines for our users that apply during the COVID-19 pandemic period according to the obligation to wear hygiene masks on the PSI campus.

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6 July 2020

New coronavirus: Recommendations for travellers

Since 6 July 2020 it is compulsory to wear a face mask on public transport throughout Switzerland.
In addition, travellers from certain regions need to go into quarantine. Please note that it is not possible to spend the quarantine in the PSI guesthouse!

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Digital User Office (DUO)

The central tool to organize the user operation at PSI is called the Digital User Office DUO.
DUO is a Web application to submit proposals, experimental reports, publications, to request for PSI badges or dosimeters etc.

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Paul Scherrer Institut
User Office
bldg WLGA/018
Forschungsstrasse 111
CH-5232 Villigen-PSI


Phone: +41 56 310 4666
Fax: +41 56 310 3280
Email: useroffice@psi.ch

 

Further information

 

  • Photons: SLS and SwissFEL
  • Neutrons: SINQ
  • Muons: SμS
  • Particle Physics: CHRISP

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Current News from PSI photon, neutron and muon user facilities
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