The deadline for neutron proposals submissions at PSI is November 15

09/10/2014

PERIOD

Call for proposals for the beam time period I/15 between 01/05/2015 and 31/08/2015.

PROPOSAL-SUBMISSION

New users are kindly asked to contact the instrument responsibles before submitting a proposal to discuss instrumental options and reasonable beam time requests. Please make use of the option to link related previous proposals with their experimental reports to the new one. A proper mention of previous results will provide a certain 'bonus' during the evaluation process. This new feature replaces the previous option to submit 'continuation proposals'.

Guidelines for the proposal submission and further useful information can be found on the SINQ webpages:
http://www.psi.ch/sinq/access-to-sinq
http://www.psi.ch/sinq/call-for-proposals
http://www.psi.ch/sinq/guidelines

INSTRUMENTS

The following instruments will be open for new proposals in cycle I/15:

Powder Diffractometers : HRPT, DMC
Single Crystal Diffractometer : TriCS
Strain Scanner : POLDI
Small Angle Scattering : SANS-I, SANS-II
Reflectometer : AMOR
Triple Axis Spectrometers : TASP, RITA-II, EIGER
Time-of-Flight Spectrometer : FOCUS
Radiography, Imaging : NEUTRA, ICON

(*): Please note that the MuPAD polarimetry option will not be available in cycle I/15 due to technical reason.

Further detailed information about the SINQ instruments can be obtained here .
Please note, the feasibility of complex experiments should always be discussed in advance with the instrument and sample environment responsibles.

DIGITAL USER OFFICE, DUO

Proposals should solely be submitted electronically via the PSI Digital User Office DUO .

NMI3 – SWISS NEUTRONS FOR EUROPE

SINQ is part of the NMI3-Access Programme ' of the European Commission. Users from eligible countries might be supported by reimbursement of travel and accommodation costs. For further info please have a look at http://www.psi.ch/useroffice/sinqss-nmi3

CONTACT ADDRESS

Paul Scherrer Institute
User Office
CH-5232 Villigen – PSI
Switzerland

useroffice@psi.ch
Phone : +41-56-310-4666

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