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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.

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22 January 2022

Amended rules on testing to enter Switzerland

As of 22 January 2022 Switzerland has adjusted the entry rules into the country. Persons who have been vaccinated or who have recovered from COVID-19 will no longer be required to present a negative PCR or rapid antigen test before entering Switzerland.... 

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3 January 2022

Reduced capacity PSI guesthouse

There will be some substantial renovation work be going on in the PSI guesthouse until middle of March, which causes a significantly smaller capacity mainly in January and February. 

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17 December 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 2022.

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4 October 2021

Support for UK students visiting PSI user facilities

The UK neutron and muon facility ISIS is currently offering travel and subsistence support for students from UK universities visiting other facilities for neutron or muon studies. The PSI facilities SINQ and SmuS are part of that arrangement.

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23 September 2021

COVID-19: Practical information for users

Please find some useful information about traveling to Switzerland and rules to be followed during your stay at PSI like entry forms, mask obligations or COVID certificates. 

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2 July 2021

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 for our users to present a certificate of a negative PCR or rapid antigen test or the certificate of a full vaccination/recovery.

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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

Telephone: +41 56 310 46 66
E-mail: useroffice@psi.ch

Further information

PSI User Facilities Newsletter

Current News from PSI photon, neutron and muon user facilities