SANS/SAXS

Purpose of the platform (operated by ILL and ESRF in collaboration with EMBL)

SAXS and SANS Facilities  The ILL and ESRF both offer small angle facilities available via a peer-reviewed proposal system to the biological community.  At ILL two small angle neutron scattering instruments are available D11 and D22.  At ESRF the ID02 beam line is available for SAXS and a further dedicated beam-line ID14-3 is now undergoing commissioning for SAXS in a collaboration between ESRF and EMBL.  Common software is under development by a team from each of the partner institutes and expertise is available for advice on use of the beam-lines.

Web page of the platform

http://www.ill.eu/fileadmin/users_files/Other_Sites/saxs-sans/Front_Page.htm

Responsible

ILL - SANS:

Phil Callow
tel: +33 4 76 20 76 22

ESRF & EMBL - SAXS:

Petra Pernot
tel: +33 4 76 20 28 42
Adam Round
tel: +33 4 76 20 72 02

Staff in charge of the platform

ILL: Phil Callow
ESRF: Petra Pernot
EMBL: Adam Round
IBS: Frank Gabel
UVHCI: Marc Jamin

In practice

Location:
 ILL: D22, D11
 ESRF: ID02, ID14-3 (under construction)
Access mode: For access to the facilities application should be made as follows:
 ILL: Proposals twice per year through the Visitors Club – http://club.ill.fr/cv/
The ILL operates a BAG (Block Allocation Group) system for the D22 instrument whereby a number of users are grouped together to share both expertise and beam-time leading to more flexible scheduling.
 ESRF: Proposals twice per year via http://www.esrf.fr/Infrastructure/Computing/SMIS
Costs for PSB-IVMS users: none
How to make a request:
 For PSB discuss first with the contact person of your institution. Then via ILL or ESRF proposal system.