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Results of the first SOLARIS call for proposals
On 25 May 2018, the first SOLARIS synchrotron call for proposals was completed.
Scientists from Poland and abroad could apply for beam time at the PEEM (a photoemission electron microscope), XAS (an X-ray absorption spectroscopy) and UARPES (an angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy) end stations. In total, the SOLARIS Center received 42 applications. The vast majority of them were sent by scientists affiliated with Polish universities and research institutions: the AGH University of Science and Technology, the Jerzy Haber Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry PAS, the Institute of Physics PAS, the Henryk Niewodniczański Institute of Nuclear Physics PAS, the Institute of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies, the Gdańsk University of Technology, the Kielce University of Technology, the Jagiellonian University, the University of Lodz, the Nicolaus Copernicus University and the University of Warsaw. Three international applications came from Germany, Croatia and Lithuania.
The XAS end station received 16 applications, PEEM - 13, and UARPES - 13. The scientists’ plans include measurements of topological insulators, Dirac materials, and superconductors (on the UARPES beamline). Measurements at the PEEM/XAS beamline deal with the electronic properties of materials, magnetic interactions in materials, and the distribution of elements in materials.
The applications submitted to the SOLARIS Centre will be evaluated technically (whether experiments can be carried out using the available infrastructure). They will also undergo sample safety evaluation. The decisive factor will be, however, substantive assessment, including such criteria as the level of innovation in planned research, precise scientific hypotheses, clearly defined methodology, convincing grounds for using synchrotron radiation, applicants' scientific achievements. The substantive assessment will be carried out by the international commission.
First measurements at the SOLARIS Centre will start in October 2018. The next SOLARIS call for proposals will be announced this fall.
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