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Research begins at the SOLARIS synchrotron
On October 2, 2018, scientists from Poland and abroad start regular research at the SOLARIS Center. The SOLARIS synchrotron provides scientists with unique research possibilities, previously unavailable in Central Europe. It took over thirty years to collect necessary funds and built the Polish synchrotron. This is the reason why the first user in SOLARIS is a breakthrough moment for Polish science.
For the moment, three end-stations are available at the SOLARIS synchrotron: PEEM (photoelectron microscopy), XAS (X-ray absorption spectroscopy) and UARPES (angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy). Beamtime was granted to scientists on a competition basis, through an open call for applications which closed on May 25th. The proposals were evaluated by an international commission. Finally, 26 experiments will be carried out at SOLARIS between October 2018 and the end of February 2019. The experiments were prepared by groups of scientists from eleven Polish and five foreign universities and research institutes. Among the first users of the Kraków synchrotron are researchers from the AGH University of Science and Technology, the Jerzy Haber Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry PAS, the Institute of Molecular Physics PAS, the Institute of Physics PAS, the Henryk Niewodniczański Institute of Nuclear Physics PAS, Gdańsk University of Technology, the Jagiellonian University, the University of Lodz, Nicolaus Copernicus University and the University of Warsaw, the Warsaw University of Technology.
Scientists will carry out research in the fields of physics, materials science and chemistry. They will investigate topological insulators, Dirac materials and superconductors, as well as the electronic properties of materials, magnetic interactions and the distribution of elements in materials. In the future, measurements may contribute to development of more efficient photovoltaic cells, faster and more capacious hard disks or new electronic materials.
Call for proposals will be announced by the SOLARIS synchrotron twice a year, in spring and autumn. The closest deadline for submitting applications is April 1, 2019.
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