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II/2021
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Dear MLZ users,
welcome to our last newsletter in 2021! We all are ready for restart next year and thus you will learn a lot about developments at the instruments during the past months and what we plan for the next future.
Enjoy reading, stay safe and healthy, – and see you next week?!
The MLZ User Office team
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The thermal intermezzo
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After quite a long absence of neutrons at the MLZ due to the Corona pandemic, we unfortunately faced a technical issue with the cold source of the FRM II in spring this year. Careful analysis of the situation yielded that the cold source had to be removed and will be replaced after a transition period of “thermal operation”.
This particularly affects all instruments in the Neutron Guide Hall West. Detailed simulations of the neutron flux at the instruments anticipated in the thermal scenario show that a user programme for the “cold instruments” starting in March 2022 will be possible. Updated information on the specific instruments is provided at our MLZ home page, and you are welcome to discuss with our scientists at the MLZ User Meeting next week.
We are very much looking forward to welcoming our users again soon! In order to mitigate possible effects of the pandemic on travel plans we are well prepared for the many facets of remote collaboration before, during and after your experiments, which gives all of us an optimistic perspective for the next year!
Prof. Dr. Martin Müller (Scientific Director MLZ)
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After quite a long absence of neutrons at the MLZ due to the Corona pandemic, we unfortunately faced a technical issue with the cold source of the FRM II in spring this year. Careful analysis of the situation yielded that the cold source had to be removed and will be replaced after a transition period of “thermal operation”.
This particularly affects all instruments in the Neutron Guide Hall West. Detailed simulations of the neutron flux at the instruments anticipated in the thermal scenario show that a user programme for the “cold instruments” starting in March 2022 will be possible. Updated information on the specific instruments is provided at our MLZ home page, and you are welcome to discuss with our scientists at the MLZ User Meeting next week.
We are very much looking forward to welcoming our users again soon! In order to mitigate possible effects of the pandemic on travel plans we are well prepared for the many facets of remote collaboration before, during and after your experiments, which gives all of us an optimistic perspective for the next year!
Prof. Dr. Martin Müller (Scientific Director MLZ)
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» Running without cold source » At a glance » New software at MARIA » KWS-3: More flexible for users » Let's quench! » From an instrument's point of view » TEM: Changing places » How to move a ton of steelRunning without cold source
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The MLZ will run without cold source for the next time. What does this really mean for the instruments?
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The MLZ will run without cold source for the next time. What does this really mean for the instruments?
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At a glance
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No neutrons do not mean that there are no news from the instruments! Just visit the gallery and learn about some of them in a short way.
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No neutrons do not mean that there are no news from the instruments! Just visit the gallery and learn about some of them in a short way.
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New software at MARIA
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Let’s introduce anaklasis, a new Python software package that simplifies model building and elaborate statistical analysis for specular reflectivity data sets.
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Let’s introduce anaklasis, a new Python software package that simplifies model building and elaborate statistical analysis for specular reflectivity data sets.
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KWS-3: More flexible for users
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Several improvements had been made at KWS-3, all aiming for more instrument flexibility.
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Several improvements had been made at KWS-3, all aiming for more instrument flexibility.
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Let's quench!
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Meet the new dilatometer at STRESS-SPEC and SANS-1!
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Meet the new dilatometer at STRESS-SPEC and SANS-1!
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From an instrument's point of view
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How did an instrument experience the last months? Let’s ask RESEDA, our resonance spin echo spectrometer! (And why does its instrument scientist Johanna K. Jochum sit on that box???)
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How did an instrument experience the last months? Let’s ask RESEDA, our resonance spin echo spectrometer! (And why does its instrument scientist Johanna K. Jochum sit on that box???)
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TEM: Changing places
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TEM, the Transmission Electron Microscope facility, moved to one of our new buildings. Our gallery shows how tricky this was!
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TEM, the Transmission Electron Microscope facility, moved to one of our new buildings. Our gallery shows how tricky this was!
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How to move a ton of steel
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And another move: MBE; the Molecular Beam Epitaxy facility, also left the first floor of Neutron Guide Hall East in direction to its new lab.
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And another move: MBE; the Molecular Beam Epitaxy facility, also left the first floor of Neutron Guide Hall East in direction to its new lab.
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» High pressure related activities on HEiDi » ERuM Pro Project NHSM » From Berlin to Bavaria » On delivery » Nested mirrors at MIRA » Research with positrons » NeutroSense improves detection » New laser furnace at STRESS-SPEC
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Clamp cells at HEiDi – part of a bigger BMBF-project at MLZ regarding high pressure sample environment.
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Clamp cells at HEiDi – part of a bigger BMBF-project at MLZ regarding high pressure sample environment.
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ERuM Pro Project NHSM
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Learn more about the Next generation Horizontal SANS Magnet (NHSM) for quantum phenomena in nanostructures and correlated electron systems.
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Learn more about the Next generation Horizontal SANS Magnet (NHSM) for quantum phenomena in nanostructures and correlated electron systems.
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From Berlin to Bavaria
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Next phase for LaDiff and FIREPOD: They were disassembled at their current hometown Berlin before traveling to Bavaria.
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Next phase for LaDiff and FIREPOD: They were disassembled at their current hometown Berlin before traveling to Bavaria.
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On delivery
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There are many deliveries to MLZ each day – but this one was outstanding: The PERC magnet arrived!
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There are many deliveries to MLZ each day – but this one was outstanding: The PERC magnet arrived!
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Nested mirrors at MIRA
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Nested focussing devices are already used fo X-ray telescopes. But what are they doing at MIRA?
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Nested focussing devices are already used fo X-ray telescopes. But what are they doing at MIRA?
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Research with positrons
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There are several updates at the coincidence Doppler-broadening spectrometer at NEPOMUC!
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There are several updates at the coincidence Doppler-broadening spectrometer at NEPOMUC!
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NeutroSense improves detection
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NeutroSense, a project aiming for event-mode detection, will make experiments at imaging instruments like ANTARES far better.
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NeutroSense, a project aiming for event-mode detection, will make experiments at imaging instruments like ANTARES far better.
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New laser furnace at STRESS-SPEC
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The robot at STRESS-SPEC got an upgrade: A laser furnace!
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The robot at STRESS-SPEC got an upgrade: A laser furnace!
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» Welcome at POLI and HEiDi! » KIT joins PUMA » Newly arrivedWelcome at POLI and HEiDi!
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Mirijam Zobel, the new chair of the Institute of Crystallography at RWTH Aachen University, is thus also the new head of HEiDi and POLI.
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Mirijam Zobel, the new chair of the Institute of Crystallography at RWTH Aachen University, is thus also the new head of HEiDi and POLI.
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KIT joins PUMA
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PUMA, the thermal three axes spectrometer, has a new cooperation partner: The Karlsruhe Institute for Technology (KIT) took over from Göttingen University.
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PUMA, the thermal three axes spectrometer, has a new cooperation partner: The Karlsruhe Institute for Technology (KIT) took over from Göttingen University.
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Newly arrived
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At MLZ, we have new colleagues at the Physics Lab, the Advanced Materials Group, KWS-2 and our PR team!
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At MLZ, we have new colleagues at the Physics Lab, the Advanced Materials Group, KWS-2 and our PR team!
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» Being present again! » Touring virtually » Remarks of the MLZ User CommitteeBeing present again!
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At the IUCr 25 at Prague, crystallographers met in a hybride format – and the MLZ was there with a booth!
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At the IUCr 25 at Prague, crystallographers met in a hybride format – and the MLZ was there with a booth!
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Touring virtually
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The MLZ was also present at virtual booths: At the SKM21-Meeting of DPG and at the IUCr25, for example.
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The MLZ was also present at virtual booths: At the SKM21-Meeting of DPG and at the IUCr25, for example.
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Another challenging year lies behind all of us – and neutron users have not only to deal with the pandemic’s restrictions…
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Another challenging year lies behind all of us – and neutron users have not only to deal with the pandemic’s restrictions…
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» MLZ Prize for the creator of five instruments » Neutrons unravel 50-year-old physics mystery » Revolution in imaging with neutrons » Triple switch for the nanoworld » 15 Post-Doc postions via GNeuSMLZ Prize for the creator of five instruments
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The MLZ has presented this year’s prize for instrumentation and scientific use just over the fence: To Peter Böni!
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The MLZ has presented this year’s prize for instrumentation and scientific use just over the fence: To Peter Böni!
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Neutrons unravel 50-year-old physics mystery
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More than 50 years ago, researchers discovered a pronounced phase transition in strontium iron oxide at room temperature. However, what exactly happens in this process at the atomic level has been unclear ever since.
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More than 50 years ago, researchers discovered a pronounced phase transition in strontium iron oxide at room temperature. However, what exactly happens in this process at the atomic level has been unclear ever since.
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Revolution in imaging with neutrons
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An international research team at the FRM II has developed a new imaging technology.
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An international research team at the FRM II has developed a new imaging technology.
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Triple switch for the nanoworld
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Researchers at the Technical University of Munich succeeded in demonstrating the existence of a novel nanoswitch with the aid of neutrons. .
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Researchers at the Technical University of Munich succeeded in demonstrating the existence of a novel nanoswitch with the aid of neutrons. .
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15 Post-Doc postions via GNeuS
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Young researchers wanted: MLZ is awarding 15 postdoctoral positions for two years via the EU funded Global Neutron Scientists (GNeuS) project. Applications can be submitted until January 15th, 2022.
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Young researchers wanted: MLZ is awarding 15 postdoctoral positions for two years via the EU funded Global Neutron Scientists (GNeuS) project. Applications can be submitted until January 15th, 2022.
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Preparations started one day before snow came to Bavaria!
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MLZ is a cooperation between:
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