Lucas Heights (updated: August 24th, 2009)

• Elliot P. Gilbert (instrument Quokka at new OPAL reactor)
  Phone: +61 2 9717 9470, Fax: +61 2 9717 3606
  Email: Elliot.Gilbert(at)ansto.gov.au
  Homepage
  
  
• Bill Hamilton (instrument Quokka at new OPAL reactor)
  Phone: +61 2 9717 7271, Fax: +61 2 9717 3606
  Email: william.hamilton(at)ansto.gov.au
  Homepage
  
  
• Katy Wood (instrument Quokka at new OPAL reactor)
  Phone: +61 2 9717 7100, Fax: +61 2 9717 3606
  Email: kathleen.wood(at)ansto.gov.au
  Homepage
  

Deadlines for the submission of proposals:2 rounds, one in April and on in September each year

In many ways our most important beam instrument at OPAL will be the QUOKKA small-angle scattering instrument.  It is the largest (40-m long after the guide bunker) and most expensive ($4.5M + IT and Electrical Engineering), and was a major driver for getting the high-performance cold source into OPAL. It will have the highest throughput of users, and will cover the broadest range of scientific areas. 

Small-angle scattering is a powerful technique for looking at sizes and structures of objects on the nanoscale (1-10nm), like polymer molecules, biological molecules, defect structures in metals and ceramics, pores in rocks, magnetic clusters, magnetic flux lines in type-II superconductors and so on.  ANSTO will have both X-ray and neutron small-angle scattering adjacent to each other, and the advantage of neutrons is primarily for soft matter where the contrast-variation method (replacing hydrogen with deuterium) can be used.  In addition, it is useful for magnetic problems and ones in which large samples must be used.  In many ways, small-angle scattering is complementary to electron microscopy while direct imaging is the domain of electron microscopy, SAXS and SANS can provide particle sizes, shapes and distributions averaged over a complete macroscopic sample.  Small-angle scattering is rarely able to solve a problem on its own, and is typically used in conjunction with a number of other techniques. 

SANS was crucial in showing that polymer molecules are self-avoiding random walks (Flory's prediction - Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1974), and that Type-II superconductors allow magnetic flux to penetrate, forming a lattice of magnetic vortices (Abrikosov's prediction - Nobel Prize in Physics, 2003).  Other major achievements have been understanding viscosity modifiers in lubricants, solving the coarse structure of the ribosome, understanding the nature and role of particulate additives to tyres, and the porosity of sedimentary rocks in oil and gas reservoirs.

Our goal is to have an instrument very similar in the spirit to the 40-metre D22 instrument at Institut Laue Langevin in Grenoble, France and the 30-metre instruments on NG3 and NG7 at the National Institute for Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg in the USA.

For all other questions regarding use of the experimental neutron beam facilities, please contact :

bragg-user-office(at)ansto.gov.au

National Nuclear Energy Agency of Indonesia
Serpong (updated: January 22nd, 2007)

• Edy Giri Rachman Putra
  Tel. +62 21 7566727
  E-mail: giri(at)batan.go.id or e.giri(at)centrin.net.id
  
  
• Abarrul Ikram
  Tel. +62 21 7566727
  E-mail: nslbatan(at)centrin.net.id

The G. A. Siwabessy research reactor is a light-water open-pool type reactor that uses materials testing reactor (MTR) type fuel element of U₃Si₂Al MTR with U-235 low enrichment (19.75%). The reactor, whose nominal thermal power is 30 MW, will have a thermal neutron flux as high as 2.5 x 10¹⁴ n cm² sec^-1 at the center irradiation position in the core. The 36 meter BATAN SANS spectrometer (SMARTer) is installed at the end of a 49-meter long neutron guide and situated in the neutron guide hall. The neutron beam is monochromatized by a mechanical velocity selector with 11 ? 19 % wavelength resolution, the incident neutron wavelength is 2.74 - 5.66 Å. The 2-dimensional position sensitive detector has a sensitive area of 60 x 60 cm² that is divided into 128 x 128 detection elements. SMARTer covers the Q -range of 0.002 < Q (Å^-1) < 0.6. A detailed instrument description including measured samples is available in the SMARTer web page.

Berlin (updated: September 08th, 2009)

In January 2009 HMI and BESSY have merged to form the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien and Energie (HZB). The HZB operates two large scale research facilities: the reactor BER II on the Lise-Meitner-Campus in Berlin-Wannsee (user office HZB-Neutrons) and the third generation synchrotron source BESSY II on the Wilhelm-Conrad-Röntgen-Campus in Berlin-Adlershof (user office HZB-Photons).

http://www.helmholtz-berlin.de/userservice

• Uwe Keiderling (Instrument: V4-SANS)
  Phone: +49 30 8062 2339
  Email: keiderling(at)helmholtz-berlin.de

• Sylvain Prévost (Instrument: V4-SANS)
  Phone: +49 30 8062 2339
  Email: sylvain.prevost(at)helmholtz-berlin.de
  
  
• Vasyl Ryukhtin (Instrument: V4-SANS)
  Phone: +49 30 8062 3099
  Email: vasyl.ryukhtin(at)helmholtz-berlin.de

• Astrid Brandt (Instrument: V4-SANS)
  Phone: +49 30 8062 2169
  Email: brandt(at)helmholtz-berlin.de
  
  
• Wolfgang Treimer (Beuth Hochschule Berlin; Instrument: V12a-USANS)
  Phone: +49 30 8062 2221
  Email: Treimer(at)helmholtz-berlin.de
  
  
• Daniel Clemens (Instrument: V16-VSANS)
  Phone: +49 30 8062 2280
  Email: clemens(at)helmholtz-berlin.de

• Karsten Vogtt (Instrument: V16-VSANS)
  Phone: +49 30 8062 3022
  Email: karsten.vogtt(at)helmholtz-berlin.de
  
  

Deadlines for the submission of proposals: 1 March and 1 September


The 10 MW reactor BER II supplies a thermal neutron flux of 1.2 x 10¹⁴cm^-2s^-1; it is equipped with a cold source. Instrument V4-SANS (0.001 < Q/Å^-1 < 0.85) with multidetector of 4K elements of 10 mm x 10 mm cross section and up to 16 m secondary flight path. Double Crystal Diffractometer V12a-USANS (0.00003 < Q/Å^-1 < 0.02) with an asymmetric Si crystal in the (111) Bragg reflection as monochromator and an elastically bent asymmetrically cut Si crystal in the (111) Bragg reflection as analyzer; the scattering diagram is recorded as a whole by a two-dimensional position sensitive detector. Instrument V16-VSANS (0.0001 < Q/Å^-1 < 0.85; under commissioning) is equipped with a detector  made of 112 PSD tubes of 1m height giving pixels of about 10x10 mm² on 1 m². A low-q mode runs with multi-pinhole collimation and a 30x33 cm² area detector (2x3 mm pixels).

The experimental program is dedicated preferentially to fundamental and applied Materials Science, Magnetism and Soft Condensed Matter research. Polarised neutrons are available on V4-SANS1. Up to 70% of the beam time is available for external users.
 

Applications for access to the HZB facilities (neutrons and photons) should be made by using the General Access Tool GATE which provides web applications to submit proposals, experimental reports, publications etc. For more information please contact the user office HZB-Neutrons, Phone: +49 30 8062 2304 or +49 30 8062 2778, Fax: +49 30 8062 2523, Email: neutrons(at)helmholtz-berlin.de

• László Almasy
  Phone: +36 1 392 2222 1447
  Email: almasy(at)sunserv.kfki.hu
  
  
• László Rosta
  Phone: +36 1 392 2222 3520
  Email: rosta(at)szfki.hu

Proposal deadlines: end of May and end of October.

The 10 MW Budapest Research Reactor, equipped with a liquid H₂ cold source, supplies a neutron flux at the sample position of 5 x 10⁵ cm^-2s ^-1 (λ = 4 Å; Δλ/λ = 20 %). The SANS instrument is equipped with a BF₃ filled multidetector of 64 x 64 cm² area, pixel size 1 x 1 cm². The momentum transfer range is 0.004 < Q/Å^-1 < 4.5. Proposers are requested to contact the scientists in charge of the instruments.

BNC is supported by the EU NMI-3 Access Program.

Instrument group homepage: http://www.kfki.hu/~sans

European Spallation Source (ESS), Lund, Sweden

The site decisison for building the European Spallation Source has been taken. The ESS will be built in Lund, Sweden. Curretn General Director of the ESS is Colin Carlile, The Science Director is Christian Vettier.

The ESS design update phase shall be finished in 2012, followed by the construction phase (2013-2018).

Garching (updated: November 24th, 2003)

The 20 MW reactor FRM-II supplies an unperturbed thermal neutron flux of up to 8 x 10¹⁴ cm^-2s^-1, it is equipped with a cold source.

SANS-1:

The new instrument SANS-1 with a collimation length 20 m and a sample-to-detector distance 20 m will be installed at beamline 4a. The intended parameters include a neutron cross section of 50 mm x 50 mm, wavelength resolution of Δλ/λ = 10 % and 1m x 1m detector. As an option a chopper system is planned. Typical applications of the new SANS-1 instrument will be: alloys, conformation of polymers, vesicles, magnetic and non-magnetic thin films, magnetic structures in nanocrystalline bulk material, chiral strucutres etc. Further details are communicated by Ralph Gilles, TU München, phone: +49 89-289-14665, fax: +49 89-289-14666, Email: ralph.gilles(at)frm2.tum.de

REFSANS:
The projected reflectometer REFSANS of 24m total length is designed for both, conventional reflectometry and grazing incidence SANS (GI-SANS) of horizontally aligned samples. It will be installed at the exit of a cold neutron guide of 170 mm width and 12 mm height. Three pairs of choppers transform the continuous beam into pulses of neutrons which are monochromatized between Δλ/λ = 0.2 .. 15 %. A sophisticated system of neutron guides and neutron channels allows one to analyse surfaces in different reflection geometries: In the classical one the beam is slit-height smeared perpendicular to the reflection plane to measure specular and off-specular reflectivity with high intensity at high or low resolution (0.25 % < Δq/q < 20 %). In the GI-SANS mode REFSANS allows focussing up to 13 point-collimated partial beams in the detector plane with low wavelength resolution (Δq/q ≤ 15 %) to achieve a total beam intensity about one order of magnitude higher than those accessible at modern SANS-instruments like D22 at ILL (with only one beam). REFSANS allows one to analyse liquid surfaces in all of these reflection geometries and will thus open new possibilities to characterize lateral surface structures. This is needed e.g. to study interactions of proteins with lipid membranes and protein-protein recognition for future designs of biofunctional systems. Further details are communicated by Reinhard Kampmann, GKSS Geesthacht, Germany, Phone: +49 4152 87 1316, Email: reinhard.kampmann(at)gkss.de, responsible for the design and the operation of REFSANS, Erich Sackmann, TU München, Germany, Phone: +49 89 289 12471, Email: sackmann(at)ph.tum.de, and Joachim Rädler, LMU München, Germany, Phone: +49 89 2180 2437, Email: Joachim.Raedler(at)Physik.Uni-Muenchen.de, responsible for biological investigations at REFSANS, and Andreas Schreyer, GKSS Geesthacht, Germany, Phone: +49 4152 87 1254, Email: schreyer(at)gkss.de responsible for materials science investigations at REFSANS.

References:
1. E. Sackmann, M. Tristl, R. Kampmann and M. Haese-Seiller: "Reflectometer (REFSANS)" in the brochure intitled: Experimental facilities at FRM-II, edition 2001. The brochure is available from Gert von Hassel, Pressestelle FRM-II, Phone: +49 89 289 12184, Fax: +49 89 289 12162, Email: ghassel(at)frm2.tum.de or frm2(at)frm2.tum.de
2. R. Kampmann, M. Haese-Seiller, M. Marmotti, J. Burmester, V. Deriglazov, V. Syromiatnikov, A. Okorokov, F. Frisius, M. Tristl, E. Sackmann: The Novel Reflectometer REFSANS for Analyses of Liquid and Soft Surfaces at the New Research Reactor FRM-II in Munich/Germany, Proceedings of the International Conference on Neutron Scattering ICNS '01, Applied Physics A 74[Suppl.] 249-251 (2002).
3. R. Kampmann, M. Haese-Seiller, V. Kudryashov, V. Deriglazov, M. Tristl, Ch. Daniel, B. Toperverg, A. Schreyer, E. Sackmann: Potential of the Horizontal Reflectometer REFSANS / FRM-II for Measuring Low Reflectivity and Diffuse Surface Scattering, Proceedings of the Euroropean Conference on Neutron Scattering ECNS '03, Applied Physics A, in press.

General information: Winfried Petry, TU München, Germany, Phone: +49 89-289-14704, Email: wpetry(at)frm2.tum.de

Jülich (updated: August 26^th, 2009)

• Henrich Frielinghaus (instrument: KWS 1)
  Phone: +49 89 289 10706
  Email: h.frielinghaus@fz-juelich.de
  
  
• Peter Busch (instrument: KWS 1)
  Phone: +49 89 289 10705
  Email: p.busch(at)fz-juelich.de
  
  
• Aurel Radulescu (instrument: KWS 2)
  Phone: +49 89 289 10712
  Email: a.radulescu(at)fz-juelich.de
  
  
• Vitaly Pipich (instrument: KWS 2)
  Phone: +49 89 289 10710
  Email: v-pipich@fz-juelich.de

• Günter Goerigk (instrument: KWS 3)
  Phone: +49 89 289 10746
  Email: g.goerigk@fz-juelich.de
  
  
• Marie-Sousai Appavou
  Phone: +49 89 289 10747
  Email: m.s.appavou(at)fz-juelich.de
  
  

The Jülich Reactor has been shut down, the instruments KWS-1, KWS-2, KWS-3 have been transfered to the Munich Reactor FRMII and are currently rebuilt. KWS-2 started user operation recently. The newly founded Jülich Center for Neutron Science JCNS regroups the Jülich neutron activities worldwide.

Geesthacht (updated: November 7th, 2003)

• Responsible for GeNF :
  Prof. Dr. Andreas Schreyer
  Phone: +49 4152 87-1254
  Email: schreyer(at)gkss.de
  
  
• Responsible for SANS-1:
  PD Dr. Regine Willumeit
  Phone: +49 4152 87-1291 or +49 170 4316430, Fax: +49 4152 87-1356
  Email: willumeit(at)gkss.de
  
  Dr. Vasyl Haramus
  Phone: +49 (0)4152 87-1290, Fax: +49 4152 87-1356
  Email: vasyl.haramus(at)gkss.de
  
  
• Responsible for SANS-2:
  Dr. Klaus Pranzas
  Phone:+49 (0)415287-1326, Fax:+49 (0)4152 87-1338
  E-mail: Klaus.Pranzas(at)gkss.de
  
  Helmut Eckerlebe
  Phone:+49 4152 87-1202, Fax:+49 4152 87-1338
  E-mail: Helmut.Eckerlebe(at)gkss.de
  
  
• Responsible for USANS (DCD):
  Dieter Bellmann
  Phone:+49 4152 87-2803, Fax:+49 4152 87-2840
  E-mail: Dieter.Bellmann(at)gkss.de

Deadlines for the submission of proposals: at any time.

Proposal forms can be downloaded from the GeNF-Home page.

GeNF is supported by the EU NMI-3 Access Program.

The 5 MW reactor FRG-1 supplies a thermal neutron flux of 1.4 x 10¹⁴ cm^-2s^-1; it is equipped with a cold source.

The instrumentation at the FRG-1 is made available to outside users by the Geesthacht neutron facility (GeNF) offering investigations of the structure, properties and function of anorganic and organic materials and parts, such as

• magnetic and nonmagnetic metals and alloys
• organic and anorganic layered systems
• geological samples
• membranes
• polymers
• biological molecules and their functional units
• colloidal and micellar solutions.

Instrument SANS-1 can be used for nuclear spin contrast variation with 9 m secondary flight path. Instrument SANS-2 has 22 m secondary flight path. Both instruments can optionally be used with polarized neutrons, and both instruments are equipped with a multidetector of 55 cm x 55 cm sensitive area and 7 mm x 7 mm pixel size. Additionally, SANS-2 has been set up with a multidetector which can be rotated up to 135° around the sample position for recording large angle scattering intensities; thus the scattering vector regime can be significantly extended (up to Q = 2.5 Å^-1 ) compared with conventional SANS facilities. A broad variety of versatile ancillary equipment (e.g., magnets, cryostats, vacuum) is available; furthermore the holographic set-up HOLONS for simultaneous light and neutron diffraction experiments and for interferometry became operational.
Double Crystal Diffractometer DCD (0.0002 < Q/Å^-1 < 0.05) with two perfect Si crystals.
Main research interests:
at SANS-1: macromolecular structures and soft matter research;
at SANS-2 and DCD: materials science.
The scattering curves from SANS-2 and DCD can be combined, providing a huge scattering vector range from 0.0002 < Q/Å^-1 < 2.5 allowing for the analysis of particle sizes from the Å to 40 mm range.
User Guide: "Experimental Facilities at the Research Reactor FRG-1", 2002 (can be downloaded from http://genf.gkss.de) and Annual Reports.

Kjeller (updated October 10th, 2002)

• Kenneth D. Knudsen
  Phone: +47 63806084
  Email: knudsen(at)ife.NO

Deadlines for the submission of proposals: none

An upgraded SANS instrument has recently been commissioned at the 2 MW IFE reactor. The instrument is installed on an LH2-filled cold moderator, and is equipped with a velocity selector (Dornier), providing wavelengths in the range of 4.5 to approx. 10 Å. Fast neutrons (below 4 Å) and gamma radiation is removed by means of Be- and Bi- filters. The detector is a circular (58 cm diameter) ³He-filled Risø-type detector that is translated inside a 3.5 m long shielded tank. The sample is mounted on a rotatable 7-position thermally controlled stage located inside a steel chamber. The chamber can be evacuated in order to reduce air scattering, and also for working with air sensitive samples. The Q-range for this instrument is 0.008-0.32 Å^-1. Beamtime is allocated on a collaborative basis. Annual reactor shut-downs are from first week of July through the first week of August, Christmas, New Year and Easter.

Grenoble (updated: Julyl 28th, 2010)

Institut Max von Laue - Paul Langevin, Large Scale Structures Group (LSS), BP 156, F-38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France Fax (ILL): +33 4 76483906, Fax (LSS): +33 4 76207120

• Robert Cubitt, head of LSS (Instrument: D17)
  Phone: +33 4 76207263
  Email: cubitt(at)ill.eu
  
  
• Karine Sultan, secretary of LSS
  Phone: +33 4 76207356
  Email: sultan(at)ill.eu
  
  
• Peter Lindner (Instrument: D11)
  Phone: +33 4 476207180
  Email: lindner(at)ill.eu
  
  
• Ralf Schweins (Instrument: D11)
  Phone: +33 4 76207091
  Email: schweins@ill.eu
  
  
• Bruno Demé (Instrument: D16)
  Phone: +33 4 76207311
  Email: deme(at)ill.eu
  
  
• Charles Dewhurst (Instrument : D22)
  Phone: +33 4 76207382
  Email: dewhurst(at)ill.eu
  
• Philip Callow (Instrument : D22)
  Phone: +33 4 76207068
  Email: callow(at)ill.eu

• Lionel Porcar (Instrument : D22)
  Phone: +33 4 76207025
  Email: porcar(at)ill.eu

• Isabelle Grillo (Chemistry Lab Responsible)
  Phone: +33 4 76207503
  Email: grillo(at)ill.eu

• Albrecht Wiedenmann 
  Phone: +33 4 76207744
  Email: wiedenmann(at)ill.eu

Deadlines for the submission of proposals: around August 31st and February 15th.

The 57 MW High Flux Reactor supplies a thermal neutron flux of 1.3 x 10¹⁵ cm^-2s^-1; it is equipped with two cold sources. The reactor is operated in approx. 4.5 cycles of 50 days per year. - Instrument D11 (0.0006 < Q/Å^-1 < 0.3) with multidetector of 4K elements of 10 x 10 mm² cross section and up to 36.7 m secondary flight path. - Instrument D16 (0.02< Q/Å^-1 < 2) with a wavelength resolution of about 0.01. - Instrument D22 (0.001 < Q/Å^-1 < 1) with multidetector of 16K elements of 7.5 mm x 7.5 mm cross section. - Main research interests are: polymers, colloids and microemulsions ( PL, RS, IG, LP ); biological structures ( PC); biological membranes, biopolymers ( BD, IG ); magnetic structures ( CD, RC ). - Proposers from non-member countries must seek collaboration with member countries (Germany, Great Britain, Italy, France, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Tchech Republic, Austria). Guides: "A Computing Guide for Small-Angle Scattering Experiments", by R.E. Gosh, S.U. Egelhaaf and A.R. Rennie, ILL98GH14T, September 1998. "Guide to Neutron Research Facilities at the ILL", ed. H.G. Büttner, E. Lelièvre-Berna, F. Pinet, December 1997.
General information: Giovanna Cicognani, Scientific Co-ordination Office; Phone: +33 4 76207179, Email: cico(at)ill.fr, sco(at)ill.fr

Argonne (updated: August 26^th, 2009)

IPNS has closed!

Chilton (updated: December 11^th, 2009)

• Richard Heenan
  Phone:             +44 1235 44 6744       , Local fax: +44 1235 44 5720
  E-mail: richard.heenan(at)stfc.ac.uk

• Stephen King
  Phone:             + 44 1235 44 6437       , Local fax: +44 1235 44 5720
  E-mail: stephen.king(at)stfc.ac.uk

• Ann Terry (NB: Off-complement until July 2010)
  Phone:             + 44 1235 44 6259       , Local fax: +44 1235 44 5720
  E-mail: ann.terry(at)stfc.ac.uk

• Sarah Rogers
  Phone:             + 44 1235 44 5020       , Local fax: +44 1235 44 5720
  E-mail: sarah.rogers(at)stfc.ac.uk

• Deadlines for the submission of proposals: April 16th and October 16th

  General information available online or from the ISIS User Office , Phone: +44 1235 44 5592 (Answerphone), Fax: +44 1235 44 5103, E‑mail: isisuo(at)stfc.ac.uk. Online proposal form and submission system. SANS Xpress Access available (contact Sarah Rogers). SANS Commercial Access available (contact Stephen King).

  Pulsed neutron source with 2 target stations. TOF-SANS instrument LOQ (on TS1) with two fixed area detectors: time-averaged flux at sample: 3x10⁵ cm^-2s^-1; wavelength range: 2.2 < λ/Å < 10; range of momentum transfers: 0.006 < Q/Å^-1 < 0.25 with low-angle detector; high-angle detector bank at 0.5 m from the sample extends this range to Q/Å^-1 < 1.4 in one single setting. Wide range of sample environment available including sample changer, pressure cell, magnet and CSR/CSS rheometer. Please note: maximum magnetic field possible is 2T. Stop-flow apparatus in development (please enquire).

  New TOF-SANS instrument SANS2D (on TS2) with two moving  area detectors (contact Richard Heenan): time-averaged flux at sample: at least 1x10⁶ cm^-2s^-1; wavelength range: 1 < λ/Å < 14; range of momentum transfers: 0.002 < Q/Å^-1 < 3. Commencing commissioning experiments November 2009. Limited sample environment currently available, but includes 40-position sample changer. Pressure cell, rheometer, 3D magnetic fields >5T, and stop-flow apparatus will all be available in the near future.

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Tokai (updated: November 12th, 2003)

• Jun-ichi Suzuki (JAERI; Instrument: SANS-J)
  Phone: +81 29 282 6831
  Email: Suzuki(at)neutrons.tokai.jaeri.go.jp
  
  
• Satoshi Koizumi (JAERI; Instrument: SANS-J)
  Phone: +81 29 284 3511
  Email: Koizumi(at)neutrons.tokai.jaeri.go.jp
  
  
• Mitsuhiro Shibayama (ISSP group at JAERI; Instrument: SANS-U)
  Phone: +81 29 287 8904
  Email: shibayama(at)issp.u-tokyo.ac.jp
  
  
• Michihiro Nagao (ISSP group at JAERI; Instrument: SANS-U)
  Phone: +81 29 287 8911
  Email: mnagao(at)issp.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Deadlines for the submission of proposals: November 1st

The 20 MW reactor JRR-3M supplies a thermal neutron flux of 2 x 10¹⁴ cm^-2s^-1; it is equipped with a cold source. It operates in seven cycles a year, each of which consists of four week continuous operation. Instruments: SANS-J (0.001 < Q/Å^-1 < 0.6) with multidetector of 16 K elements of 5 mm x 5 mm cross section and up to 10 m secondary flight path; SANS-U (0.0005 < Q/Å^-1 < 0.5; Fax: +81 29 283 3922) with multidetector of 16K elements of 5 mm x 5 mm cross section and up to 16 m secondary flight path. General information: Yukio Morii; Phone: +81 29 284 3816.

Dubna (updated: December 9th, 1999)

• V. Gordely
  Phone: +7 096 21 66275
  Email: Gordely(at)nf.jinr.ru
  
  
• Alexander I. Kuklin
  Phone: +7 096 21 67417
  Email: Kuklin(at)nf.jinr.ru
  
  
• Achmed H. Islamov
  Phone: +7 096 21 62335
  Email: Islamov(at)nf.jinr.ru

Deadlines for the submission of proposals: May 16th and October 16th.

The pulsed reactor IBR-2 has an average thermal capacity of 2 MW; the peak power is 1500 MW at a pulse repetition rate of 5 Hz. The halfwidth of the pulse is 215 µs and the useful duty time per pulse is 122 ms. The instrument YuMO (named in honour of Yurii M. Ostanevich) is located on the beamline 4 of the reactor. The useful wavelength range is 0.7 < λ/Å < 8, the range of momentum transfers is 0.007 < Q/Å^-1 < 0.5. The time averaged neutron flux at the sample is up to 4 x 10 ⁷ cm^-2s^-1. The present experimental program comprises: membrane structure (especially as influenced by detergents); micelle to vesicle transitions and micellar structures under high pressure; ribosomes; block co-polymers. General information:

1) The chairman of the user committee, László Cser (P.O. Box 49, H-1525 Budapest); Phone: +36 1 395 9220; Fax: +36 1 395 9165, Email: Cser(at)sunserv.kfki.hu
2) The User Policy Secretary, V. Sikolenko, Email: Sikolen(at)nf.jinr.ru
For information about instruments, user policy and proposal submission see also URL.

Taejon (updated: July 23rd, 2001)

• Baek-Seok Seong
  Phone: +82 42 868 8442
  Email: bsseong(at)kaeri.re.kr

• Young-Soo Han
  Phone: +82 42 868 8441

Deadlines for the submission of proposals: May 31st and October 31st.

The 30 MW High-flux Advanced Neutron Application Reactor (HANARO) supplies a thermal neutron flux of up to 5 x 10¹⁴ cm^-2s^-1. The SANS instrument has been installed at the CN beam port (without cold neutron source) which is equipped with a liquid nitrogen cooled single crystal bismuth and polycrystalline beryllium gamma ray/fast neutron filte. The neutron beam is monochromatized by a high speed velocity selector with 10 % wavelength resolution, the incident neutron wavelength is 4 < λ/Å < 10. The two dimensional position sensitive detector has a sensitive area of 64.5 x 64.5 cm² which is divided into 128 x 128 detection elements. The instrument covers the Q -range of 0.006 < Q/Å ^-1 < 0.6. General information: Chang-Hee Lee; Phone: +82 42 868 8443.

Tsukuba-shi

• Toshiya Otomo
  Phone: +81 29 864 5615
  Email: Toshiya.Otomo(at)kek.jp
  
  
• Michihiro Furusaka
  Phone: +81 29 864 5618
  Email: Michihiro.Furusaka(at)kek.jp

Deadlines for the submission of proposals: End of October and end of April.

Two time-of-flight small/wide-angle neutron diffractometers are installed at the pulsed source KENS. Both instruments are viewing a solid methane cold moderator at 25 K. Instrument SWAN simultaneously covers a wide Q range (0.007 < Q/Å^-1 < 12) using incident neutron wavelengths of 0.5 < λ/Å < 11. SWAN has 80 ³He linear position-sensitive detectors (PSD) for the small-angle detector bank (0.25° < 2 θ < 10°), 48 conventional type ³He detectors for the medium-angle (12° < 2 θ < 20°) detector bank, and 96 PSDs for the high-angle (35° < 2 θ < 155°) detector bank.

Instrument WINK covers the Q range of 0.015 < Q/Å^-1 < 20 using incident neutron wavelengths of 0.5 < λ/Å < 16. A wide solid-angle (1.5° < 2 θ < 145°) is covered by conventional type ³He detectors of 12.5 mm and 25 mm diameter.

Only SWAN is accepting users' proposals.

Saclay

• François Boué, Head of the group
  Phone: +33 1 69 08 62 10
  Email: Boue(at)llb.saclay.cea.fr
  
  
• Mme. Claude Rousse, Secretary of the group
  Phone: +33 1 69 08 54 17, Fax: +33 1 69 08 82 61
  Email: Rousse(at)drecam.cea.fr
  
  
• Jean Pierre Cotton
  Phone: +33 1 69 08 64 60
  Email: Cotton(at)bali.saclay.cea.fr
  
  
• Loïc Auvray (LLB; Instrument: PACE)
  Phone: +33 1 69 08 62 27
  Email: Auvray(at)bali.saclay.cea.fr
  
  
• Didier Lairez (LLB; Instrument: PACE)
  Phone: +33 1 69 08 72 31
  Email: Lairez(at)bali.saclay.cea.fr
  
  
• Alain Lapp (LLB; Instrument: PAXY)
  Phone: +33 1 69 08 62 27
  Email: Lapp(at)bali.saclay.cea.fr, paxy(at)llb.saclay.cea.fr
  
  
• Laurence Noirez (LLB; Instrument: PAXY)
  Phone: +33 1 69 08 63 00
  Email: Noirez(at)bali.saclay.cea.fr, paxy(at)llb.saclay.cea.fr
  
  
• Hans Glättli (DRECAM/SPEC; Instrument: http://www-llb.cea.fr/spectros/spectro/papol112.html PAPOL)
  Phone: 33 1 69 08 73 40
  Email: Glattli(at)amoco.saclay.cea.fr
  
  
• José Teixeira (LLB; Instrument: PAXE)
  Phone: +33 1 69 08 66 50
  Email: Teix(at)bali.saclay.cea.fr

Deadlines for the submission of proposals: October 1st.

The 14 MW reactor supplies a thermal neutron flux of 3 x 10¹⁴ cm^-2s^-1; it is equipped with two cold sources and one hot source. Instrument PACE with multidetector of 30 rings, mostly for isotropic scattering. Instrument PAXE with multidetector of 4K elements. Instrument PAXY with multidetector of 16K elements. Instrument PAPOL with polarized beam at λ = 8 Å and multidetector of 16 K elements. User guide: "Equipements Experimentaux", ed. R. Kahn, January 1995.

General information: Scientific Secretary, Mme. Claude Rousse, Phone: +33 1 69 08 54 17; Fax: +33 1 69 08 82 61, Email: Rousse@drecam.cea.fr

Los Alamos

• Rex Hjelm
  Phone: +1 505 665 2372
  Email: Hjelm(at)lanl.gov

Deadlines for the submission of proposals: March 2001, for the 2001 run; accepted year-around for exceptional cases. Future proposal submissions dates will be announced. See http://lansce.lanl.gov/userprogram/index.shtml for information.

Pulsed neutron source operated for five months starting July 2001; eight months operation is planned in 2002 starting in May. Instrument LQD was upgraded to a second generation TOF SANS instrument, including a zero time chopper, a frame definition chopper and a new collimation and gravity focussing system. A new partially decoupled cold moderator and an upgrade of the source to support a proton current of 100 µA make gives LQD the brightest cold pulsed available. A new high data rate detector will be installed for 2002. General information and proposal forms: http://lansce.lanl.gov/userprogram/index.shtml.

Contact information: LANSCE User Office, Mail Stop H831, Los Alamos, NM 87545, Phone: +1 505 665 1583, Fax: +1 505 667 8830, Email: lansce_users(at)lanl.gov

Columbia

• Mihai Popovici
  Phone: 1 573 882 5314
  Email: PopoviciM(at)missouri.edu

The MURR SANS instrument has been removed from the reactor; it is in storage for an undetermined period with no immediate plans to reinstall it.

General information: James J. Rhyne, Phone: +1 573 882 6506, Fax: +1 573 882 4195, Email: rhynej(at)missouri.edu

Gaithersburg (updated: August 26th, 2009)

• Charles J. Glinka
  Phone: +1 301 975 6242
  Email: charles.glinka(at)nist.gov
  
  
• Boualem Hammouda
  Phone: +1 301 975 3961
  Email: boualem.hammouda(at)nist.gov
  
  
• Susan Krueger
  Phone: +1 301 975 6734
  Email: susan.krueger(at)nist.gov
  
  
• John Barker
  Phone: +1 301 975 6732
  Email: john.barker(at)nist.gov
  
  
• Steve R. Kline
  Phone: +1 301 975 6243
  Email: steven.kline(at)nist.gov
  
  
• Derek Ho
  Phone: +1 301 975 6422
  Email: derek.ho(at)nist.gov
  
  

Deadlines for the submission of proposals: calls for proposals issued twice per year; deadlines are posted at the above URL

NIST's research reactor operates at 20 MW, with a liquid hydrogen cold source. Two 30 m SANS instruments are in operation; one with a polarized beam option. The instruments have velocity selectors with wavelength resolution from 10 % to 30 % and multidetectors of 65 cm x 65 cm sensitive area and 0.5 cm x 0.5 cm pixel size. With conventional pinhole collimation, the Q-range of each instrument is 0.0015 Å^-1 to 0.6 Å^-1. The instruments are equipped with sets of biconcave lenses near the sample position to focus the beam, thereby improving the low-Q limit to about 0.0008 Å^-1. Up to 50 % of the beam time on the instruments is available for visiting researchers who submit proposals. Main research interests are: mesoporous materials (CG and DH); polymers (BH and DH); biology (SK); metallurgy and ceramics (JB); colloids and microemulsions (SRK and LP). In the case of substantially equal proposals, preference will be given to US researchers. The NG3 SANS instrument is partially supported by the US National Science Foundation through its Center for High Resolution Neutron Scattering (CHRNS) that is part of the NIST Center for Neutron Research. General information and proposal forms are available on the Web at the above URL.

Oak Ridge

• Ken Littrell (CG-2)
  Phone: +1 865 574 4535, Fax: +1 865 574 6268
  Email: littrellkc@ornl.gov

• Yuri Melnichenko (CG-2)
  Phone: +1 865 574 7746, Fax: +1 865 574 6268
  Email: melnichenkoy(at)ornl.gov

• Volker Urban (Bio-SANS)
  Phone: +1 865 574 2578, Fax: +1 865 574 8363
  Email: urbanvs(at)ornl.gov

• Gary Lynn (Bio-SANS)
  Phone: +1 865 574 0088, Fax: +1 865 574 6268
  Email: lynngw(at)ornl.gov

• William Heller (Bio-SANS)
  Phone: +1 865 574 0093, Fax: +1 865 574 8363
  Email: hellerwt(at)ornl.gov

• Dean Myles, Center Director (Bio-SANS)
  Phone: +1 865 574 0548, Fax: +1 865 241 5177
  Email: mylesda(at)ornl.gov

Deadlines for the submission of proposals: 3 copies should be submitted, at any time, to the User Facilities Coordinator (address see below)

The 85 MW High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) supplies a thermal neutron flux of 1.5 x 10¹⁵ cm^-2s^-1. About 30 % to 50 % of beam time is allocated for user experiments. Over the period 2000-2005, a number of projects habe been undertaken at HFIR to improve neutron scattering capabilities. These include the installation of larger beam tubes and shutters, a high-performance hydrogen cold source, new beam lines and neutron scattering instrumentation, including two completely new SANS instruments: CG-2 and Bio-SANS. The upgrades commenced during an extended reactor outage which began in 2000, for the regularly scheduled replacement of the beryllium reflector. Proposal forms, guest assignement request forms and general information on the upgrades may be obtained by contacting the User Facility Coordinator, Solid State Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, P.O. Box 2008, Bldg. 3025, ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6033, Phone: +1 865 576 1865, Fax: +1 865 574 4143, Email: carterjk(at)ornl.gov, or by contacting the Internet server.

Villigen

• Joachim Kohlbrecher
  Phone: +41 56 310 3165
  Email: Joachim.Kohlbrecher(at)psi.ch, Web page
  
  
• Werner Wagner
  Phone: +41 56 310 2517
  Email: Werner.Wagner(at)psi.ch
  
  
• Steven van Petegem
  Phone: +41 56 310 2537
  Email: Steven.vanPetegem(at)psi.ch
  

Details of the SINQ - call for proposals are available on the web page

The concept of the spallation neutron source SINQ is that of a steady state neutron source. The SANS instrument (0.0006 < Q/Å^-1 < 1) is installed at the end of a 50 mm x 50 mm neutron guide facing a liquid-D₂ cold moderator. The neutron wavelength is selected by a mechanical velocity selector at the entrance of an 18 m variable collimator; a detailed instrument description including measured values of neutron flux are communicated in the new WWW-page. The 2-dimensional multidetector has a sensitive area of 96 cm x 96 cm with 16 K elements of 7.5 mm x 7.5 mm cross section and up to 20 m secondary flight path. You can submit the proposals either as an Email attachment sinq(at)psi.ch or by standard means to Stefan Janssen, SINQ Scientific Coordination Office, Bldg. WHGA/147, Phone: +41 56 310 2087, Fax: +41 56 310 2939.

Roskilde

• Kell Mortensen
  Phone: +45 4677 4710, Fax: +45 4677 4790
  Email: Mortensen(at)risoe.dk,sans(at)risoe.dk

The Risø reactor was permanently stopped in 2000, and can accordingly not offer SANS beamtime. However, the Risø SANS instrument is now installed at PSI. The allocation of beam time will be given jointly between Risø and PSI. Contact person: Kell Mortensen, Risø.