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On April 4, 2025, a Dectris Pilatus4 2M detector was successfully installed at beamline PXIII. In the coming weeks, this new detector will be used to measure...

MX in a nutshell The Macromolecular Crystallography group at the SLS is active in the study of large molecule structures, such as proteins, DNA, RNA, which in...

Zwei Experimente mit massgeblicher Beteiligung von Forschern des Paul Scherrer Instituts PSI liefern wichtige Ergebnisse bei der Suche nach der richtigen...

SINQ is situated at the end of a cascade of three accelerators that deliver a proton beam of 590 MeV in energy at a current up to 2.3 mA. The situation of...

The aim of the CALIPSOplus project is to remove barriers for access to world-class accelerator-based light sources in Europe and in the Middle East. To this...

At the bottom of the page you will find all inhouse research publications of the Photon Science Division (PSD) since 2002, sorted either by the laboratories of...

Just as electrons flow through an electrical conductor, magnetic excitations can travel through certain materials. Such excitations, known in physics as...

The ADRESS beamline is part of the Spectroscopy of Novel Materials Group (members of the Spectroscopy of Novel Materials Group)

Growing interest in the field of nuclear chemistry has promoted extensive studies of advanced reactor materials during the last few decades. Although new fuels...

The main mission of the gun laser group is to develop, operate and maintain highly-reliable lasers and related optical schemes for driving the SwissFEL...

The Paul Scherrer Institute, PSI, is the largest research centre for natural and engineering sciences within Switzerland. We perform world-class research in...

The Future Resilient Systems program (FRS) develops a framework, concepts, and tools to make interconnected infrastructure systems more robust and resilient....

The NAPP endstation operates at the Swiss Light Source (SLS) synchrotron (Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland) since 2013. The setup, which was...

Cylindrical Drift Chamber of the MEG II experiment

The PSI Center for Accelerator Science and Engineering has responsibility for the operation and development of the three accelerator facilities at PSI. These...

THE STATION IS PRESENTLY CLOSED - March 2017 Surface diffraction is a unique tool for determining the detailed atomic structure of crystalline surfaces. The SD...

The Paul Scherrer Institute, PSI, is the largest research centre for natural and engineering sciences within Switzerland. We perform world-class research in...

For details on data transfer service go to https://www.psi.ch/photon-science-data-services/slsswissfel-data-transfer

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Synchrotron X-ray Phase Contrast micro-tomography, as implemented at the TOMCAT beamline (PSI), provide essential and unique 3D reconstructions of complete...

MX in a nutshell The Macromolecular Crystallography group at the SLS is active in the study of large molecule structures, such as proteins, DNA, RNA, which in...

Off Cape Town, first days at sea: hefty winds after a calm start.

The mission of the PSI Users Association JUSAP is to represent the users of the PSI large scale facilities and to promote research at the user laboratories. It...

The linked pdfs include all the information that you need to log-in and the commands that you need to run ORION. Fit is the ideal program to use to the fit any...

The optical components of the X10DA beamline,their functions and there position from the source are listed here.

PSI held its "30 Years of PSI" ceremony. The PSI showed guests what it has achieved over the past three decades, with results that could be of benefit to...

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There are always opportunities for bachelor-, master- and Ph.D. theses in Mu3e; please inquire directly with the participating institutes.

Can a skyrmion-based device be used to read a handwritten text? In this work, an international scientist collaboration led by the Korea Institute of Technology...

Small Angle Neutron Scattering & Neutron Reflectometry KuR is a group within the Laboratory for Neutron Scattering and Imaging (LNS), Paul Scherrer Institute...

Laboratory for Non-linear Optics

The MUSE experiment has also been discussed in talks at several meetings, including: Michael Kohl, Physics of Simple Atomic Systems, June 2012, Eltville,...

Several closed-cycle refrigerators and cryostats are available for low temperature measurements. See also here for an overview of all available setups +...

Understanding the lower limit on the energy resolution of a SiPM based scintillation detector

The Fuel Cell Systems and Diagnostics Group is a collaborative effort of electrochemists and engineers. It was established in 2002 as part of the PSI...