User Office

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.

29 October 2020

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.

19 October 2020

SINQ and SMuS calls for proposals

The calls for proposals for SINQ and for SμS for the first periods in 2021 are open! Submission deadlines are November 16 (SINQ) and December 7 (SμS).

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!

4 June 2020

Important information for SLS and SwissFEL users

Please find some relevant information on the following topics:

- COVID-19 call open until end of year 2020
- SLS back to 24/7 with external users on site
- Restart of user operation at SwissFEL
- Travel and safety considerations for your beamtime
- Remote access

5 May 2020

Information for SmuS, SINQ and CHRISP users

The restart of operating the PSI high intensity proton accelerator (HIPA) is expected to be delayed by about 2 months due to the Corona virus situation. The pandemic team of PSI approved a scenario where in-house research at the correponding facilities will be possible from mid of July on. External users at HIPA will only be allowed as of September 1st.

This means that we have to shift many .....

4 March 2020

Priority access call for work on combating COVID-19

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 has now been extended until the end of 2020.

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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Contact:

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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