September 2008 call for proposals
Dear Colleague,
The Bragg Institute calls for proposals for the following neutron-beam instruments:
ECHIDNA (high-resolution powder diffractometer)
WOMBAT (high-intensity powder diffractometer)
KOALA (Laue diffractometer)
KOWARI (strain scanner)
PLATYPUS (reflectometer).
Proposals should be submitted using our on-line system (choose round October 2008) http://rainbow.nbi.ansto.gov.au/Bragg/proposal/index.jsp. Deadline will be 15 October 2008.
The application is for beam-time requests and does not automatically include travel or accommodation support. However, successful applications from researchers from AINSE member institutions (http://www.ansto.gov.au/ainse/about_ainse/member_universities.html) will automatically be forwarded to AINSE for consideration of travel/accommodation support.
15 Oct. 2008 Deadline for proposals.
Oct./Nov. 2008 On-line review of proposals by up to 5 expert reviewers.
10-11 Dec. 2008 Programme Advisory Committee assesses proposals.
Jan. 2009 Scheduling of first beam-time allocations - subject to reactor operation schedule. Initial scheduling will likely be fairly “loose”, with ~50% of the beam time made available for the formal user programme.
Status of instruments 10 September 2008
|
Instrument |
Licence status |
Commissioning status |
|
ECHIDNA |
ARPANSA licence received |
friendly-user experiments started |
|
WOMBAT |
ARPANSA licence received |
friendly-user experiments started |
|
KOALA |
ARPANSA licence received |
Commissioning |
|
KOWARI |
ARPANSA licence received |
Commissioning |
|
PLATYPUS |
Hot commissioning; experiments on free liquids, or using polarised-neutron beams, will not yet be available in this proposal round. If your neutron experiment needs complementing with X-rays please request the X-ray reflectometer as part of your neutron proposal. | |
|
QUOKKA |
Submission for ARPANSA licence in preparation |
Hot commissioning; QUOKKA has just taken its first scattering pattern and further characterisation studies of the instrument underway. We anticipate a joint proposal call for QUOKKA and the National Deuteration Facility at the end of this year or the beginning of next year. |
|
TAIPAN |
Hot commissioning starts in October 2008 |
An overview of our sample-environment equipment is available on the web under www.ansto.gov.au/research/bragg_institute/facilities/sample_enviros/list_of_sample_environment.html
After the commissioning phase all instruments will have friendly user experiments for 2-3 months before they will be officially scheduled. Note that we have only limited time with the reactor running between now and the beginning of next year; we will provide a more detailed update on reactor and instruments in our next newsletter Bragg Peaks.
Do not hesitate to contact me if you have any further questions.
Yours sincerely,
Herma Buttner
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Dr. Herma Büttner
Scientific Coordinator, Bragg Institute
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
PMB 1, Menai, NSW 2234, Australia
T +61 2 9717 7232
F +61 2 9717 3606
E herma.buttner@ansto.gov.au