General details on applying for beamtime at the Australian Synchrotron are available in the User Information section.
Technical information about the beamline are available here: Technical Information XAS
Beamtime applications will be scored and ranked according to scientific merit, track record, need for synchrotron radiation, and technical feasibility and clarity.
All potential new users to the beamline must contact the beamline scientists well in advance of submitting their proposal in order to discuss feasibility and maximise their chances of success. Applicants seeking to use Hutch C are requested to do the same.
Preparing Your Experiment Proposal
Please ensure that you read the entire proposal guidelines document. Failure to follow these guidelines is likely to render your proposal uncompetitive.
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When evaluating your proposal, the beamline team will examine a series of prerequisites. It is essential that you can answer ‘yes’ to the following questions:
Does the experimental plan include a table of samples and experimental conditions as outlined in the guidelines? (example below)
If you have not used the XAS beamline over the past 3 years, have you contacted the beamline scientist team to discuss the feasibility of your experiment?
If you are proposing an experiment for Hutch C (non-standard experimental set-ups), have you contacted the beamline scientist team to discuss the feasibility of your experiment?
If you are applying for more than 6 shifts (2 days), are at least 3 people listed as attending?
Are the absorption edges you would like to examine in the same energy mode? The XAS Beamline operates across a range of different energy modes, and it takes significant time to change between modes (see Technical Information XAS and website). If you need access to absorption edges in different modes, please submit a separate proposal for each mode (e.g. Part 1, Part 2, containing different sample tables).