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   ISA, Centre for Storage Ring Facilities, Aarhus

ISA
 

ISA is a Danish National Facility where research is carried out over a wide range of the natural and life sciences, including fundamental physics, material science, molecular biology and laboratory astrophysics, using accelerators and storage rings.

Access to ISA

Call for ISA proposals - Closed!

  • The call for ISA proposals for beam time in 2023 is closed. However if you are interested in applying for beam time on one of the ASTRID2 beam lines, then it may still be possible. Please read the information contained in the link below and contact the relevant beam line scientist to see if there is time available.

ISA welcomes applications, from national or international groups, for access to any of the ISA research facilities.

  • Information on how to apply for access to ISA facilities.

 

 

Email

Zheshen Li (Matline)
Søren V. Hoffmann (UV, CD)
Nyk Jones (UV, CD)
Marco Bianchi (SGM3)
Henrik B. Pedersen (AMO)

Apply for free-of-charge access to the AU-SRCD beam line through MOSBRI.

It is possible to apply for TNA through the EU H2020 programme MOSBRI. Proposals are accepted at any time through the MOSBRI website, but this is only applicable for access to the AU-SRCD facility at ASTRID2.


Latest News

December 2022

Online, 23rd Jan to 3rd Feb. 2023, organised by African Light Source Foundation

The School will introduce young scientists to the design, operation, and research opportunities offered at a modern synchrotron light source and how such sources are realized.

Read more about the school including details of how to register here.

 
24th November 2022

14th to 19th of May 2023 at Hotel Hermitage, La Biodola Bay, Elba Island, Italy.

On the charming island of Elba, in May 2023, the frontiers of Life Sciences meet the cutting-edge developments of Large Facilities.

LEAPS - the League of European Accelerator based-Photon Sources is organizing its 2023 Conference LEAPS Meets Life Sciences Conference. During five residential days, participants will have the opportunity to hear from a slate of inspiring, thought, and research leaders in the areas of New Biology, Unmet Medical Needs, Correlative Imaging, and Structural Dynamics. The participants will contribute with selected talks and posters to the scientific discussion by submitting their own work.

Read more about the conference including details of how to register here.

November 2022

Press release 28th October 2022.

Villigen, 28 October: Against a backdrop of the energy crisis, scientists and policymakers convened at Paul Scherrer Institute PSI in Switzerland and set out a vision for European accelerator based photon sources to address current and future societal challenges together.

“LEAPS facilities find themselves in a unique position of simultaneously needing to adapt as heavy energy users whilst being an integral part of the solution.” So said Leonid Rivkin from the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI, Switzerland, Chair of the League of European Accelerator-based Photon Sources (LEAPS). Speaking at the 5th LEAPS plenary meeting, Rivkin commented that planned facility upgrades to leading European research infrastructures will help favourably shift the balance, providing more X-rays for more science with less energy consumption.

Read the full press release here.

September 2022

The second call for SME proposals is open from the 9th of September 2022 to the 28th of July 2023

SMEs can benefit from light source capabilities thanks to the European project LEAPS-INNOV, which is supporting industrial projects in an easy, agile and simple procedure.

LEAPS-INNOV is funding an access programme that is tailor-made for SMEs through a programme called "TamaTA-INNOV", for which SMEs can apply using a very simple form.

Read more about the opportunities available and submit a proposal here.

September 2022

This LEAPS-INNOV webinar will be held for the second time on 3 November 2022, 11:00-12:00 CET.


The seminar will deal with the topic of Intellectual Property (IP) and will answer the following questions:

  • What is IP?
  • What is a patent ?
  • How can I get a patent?
  • How do I read a patent?

External professionals will be invited to give the training and to support the work of the technical work packages (WPs) in the project in dealing with the complex issue of IP and in working with industry. The workshop which is organized by LEAPS-INNOV WP8 (Industry) and DESY ITT is targeted to the technical teams in the WPs.

Further information and the registration form is available here.

February 2022

The European project LEAPS-INNOV has an open call for proposals from SMEs.


SMEs can benefit from light source capabilities thanks to the European project LEAPS-INNOV, which is supporting industrial projects in an easy, agile and simple procedure. LEAPS-INNOV is funding an access programme that is tailor-made for SMEs through a programme called "TamaTA-INNOV", for which SMEs can apply using a very simple form.

Read more about the reasearch and access opportunities for industry through LEAPS-INNOV here.

February 2022

The ESUO have launched a questionnaire related to the absence of TNA funding


To all past, present and potential users of synchrotrons and FELs in Europe. With the end of the CALIPSOplus programme last October TransNational Access (TNA) funding to access synchrotron and FEL facilities, paying travel and accommodation costs for one or more members on a beamtime, has finished and, at present, there is no direct replacement by the European Commission in the form of a general access programme that would continue to provide TNA to all researchers from across Europe no matter the topic. In this regard, we ask you to complete this questionnaire before the end of March. This is an initiative of ESUO, the European Synchrotron and FEL User Organisation in cooperation with LEAPS.
The outcome of this questionnaire will empower ESUO to continue advocating both to the European Commission and to the National Funding Agencies for TNA funding for all science topics and for all scientists.

Complete the questionnaire.

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ASTRID2

Current status

In 2021 despite continued disruption due to the corona virus pandemic, ASTRID2 provided 28 weeks of user beam time to the 6 operational beam lines, with normal operation at 180 mA top-up. Machine physics studies are ongoing in order to improve stability and lifetime of the beam. The newest beam line, SGM4, has been commissioned and the final installation and commissioning of the endstation has been completed.

 

In 2008 ISA was awarded money to build a new high brilliance synchrotron storage ring, ASTRID2. Construction of the ring began in 2011 and by April 2012 the whole ring was under vacuum and ready for testing. The first beam was injected into the ASTRID2 ring on Monday 14th May 2012 and the first full turn of ASTRID2 was accomplished on Tuesday the 10th July 2012. On the 7th of August electrons circulated the ring for almost 200 µs (1300 turns of the ring). On the 2nd of November 2012 a stored beam with RF was acheived for the first time. Commissioning of ASTRID2 proceeded well in 2013 and on the 13th of September 2013 200 mA of current was stored in ASTRID2 and top-up at 200 mA successful. In December 2013 the first external user came to do experiments on the AU-UV beam line. 2014 saw the commissioning of the AU-SGM3, AU-Matline and AU-CD beam lines, with all beam lines fully operational by mid 2014. In early 2016 the newest beam line, AMOLine, was commissioned.

Visiting ASTRID2:

For information about visiting the facility and how to arrange a tour, please read the information on this page.

ASTRID2 Lego model

ASTRID2 Animation

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Recent Publications


View more publications for the beam lines: SGM3, Matline, AU-CD, AU-UV.

ISA networking with the world

ISA is a part of several networks. Read more about them here.

              

 


Last Modified 02 December 2022

 
ISA

Centre for Storage Ring Facilities
Department of Physics & Astronomy

Aarhus University

Ny Munkegade 120
8000 Aarhus C

E-mail: isa@phys.au.dk
Tlf: 8715 0000


CVR-nr.: 31119103
Momsnummer/VAT: DK 3111 9103
P-nr.: 1009828059
EAN-nr.: 5798000419872
Stedkode: 2902

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