PSI-SINQ: call for proposals II/13

03/04/2014

Website: http://www.psi.ch/sinq/call-for-proposals

The next call for experiments at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) will be launched in April 2014 with a proposal submission deadline on May 15, 2014, midnight for all instruments, see list below. Those proposals will request for beamtime during the period October – December 2014.

The Digital User Office will be open for proposal submission approximately 4-5 weeks before the deadline. Of course editing and saving of proposals is possible any time.

Available Instruments

The following instruments will be operational and available in 2014:

• 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: NEUTRA, ICON

• Additionally, beamtime on the instrument MORPHEUS can be allocated by contacting the instrument responsible directly.
• The backscattering spectrometer MARS will be open for internal use only due to staff limitations!

Next Scheduling Periods

• May – September 2014 (I/14),
• October – December 2014 (II/14)

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