Beamtime scheduling
The scheduling periods and deadlines for proposal submission can be found here calendar. Proposals are only considered if they are submitted electronically using the SLS Digital Users Office (DUO). It is recommended that proposers contact the beamline scientists in advance Staff to check the feasibility of the experiment they want to propose.

The SIM beamline is overbooked. Shortly after the submission deadlines, the proposals are reviewed confidentially by an independent committee (Proposal Review Committee, PRC). After review, notification of success or failure is automatically sent to the main proposer by the DUO system. In addition, users will be contacted by the beamline scientists to request your input on the beamtime scheduling. Every effort is made to accommodate the wishes of the users regarding the convenience of the allocated shift dates.

Long-term proposals extend over three scheduling periods. Justification for submitting a long-term proposal should be compelling. In general, proposals for experiments that are considered to be "high-risk" are unlikely to obtain long-term status until their feasibility has been proven. Even then, it should be apparent to the PRC, such as through publications in high-profile journals, that long-term status is justified.
Scheduling of the machine and beamlines can be found in this calendar.

• Preparing before beamtime
  It is recommended that users contact their assigned local contact Staff to obtain any information required for preparing their experiment. Users should first carefully check on Endstations or Manuals, to see what is available at the endstation which they will use.

It is important that the forthcoming users have checked with the beamline scientists the following considerations:

• Sample preparation:

• ex-situ samples?

• in-situ samples?: What evaporation sources are desired?: the evaporation sources available at the beamline preparation chambers or does the user prefer to install its own evaporation sources?

  • Sample mounting possibilities and constraints.

  • Temperature.

  • PEEM: What spatial resolution is desired?

  • Other?

Setting up an experiment is, in general, performed as part of the allocated beamtime. Under favourable circumstances, it may be possible to install in advance the required complementary set up (e.g. evaporation sources). This depends on whether the station/preparation chambers are being used by another user immediately prior to one's beamtime. Check with the local contact of your experiment.

Requests for dosimeters can be obtained by the DUO. Information about accommodation during the beamtime at can be found here.

• During beamtime
  Shift Schedule

  Morning Shift	07:00 - 15:00
  Evening Shift	15:00 - 23:00
  Night Shift	23:00 - 07:00

• You can find the relevant telephone numbers (local contact, beamline,etc.) in Contact Nos.

• Machine status
  The current beam status can be viewed here.