Re: XPRESS access mechanism

2005-07-05 Thread Daniel Chateigner
> I also share Daniel's concerns about future access to the older machines, > and I am sure that he would encourage ILL user's to respond to the ILL's do ! just was not awared ths had been posted ! danel > invitation to comment on our proposed future policy, set out on: > http://www.ill.fr/pages

Re: XPRESS access mechanism

2005-07-05 Thread Alan Hewat
I agree with Dimitri that this is a great idea from Paolo, but also with Daniel since ILL now has only 150 beam days per year due to our re-building programme. Previously we did run a "rapid access" system on the ILL powder machines, but we stopped this along with "Director's Discretionary" beam

Re: XPRESS access mechanism

2005-07-05 Thread Daniel Chateigner
Hi, in the ILL sub-committees we would like to offer such a possibility ! However beamtime is limited. And even using "older" instruments to achieve this "routine" task is nowadays compromised: the ILL plans to increase its cold neutrons capabilities, somehow at the detriment (we do not really kno

Re: XPRESS access mechanism

2005-07-05 Thread Dimitri N. Argyriou
Hi Paolo, Congrats ! I think this is great ! Believe it or not, if you mention this at the ILL the don't get too excited about in the committees. Really sad. Best, D. -- Dimitri Argyriou Hahn Meitner Institut > Dear Colleague, > > Starting from cycle 2004/03 (April-May 2005), ISIS has start

XPRESS access mechanism

2005-07-05 Thread Radaelli, PG \(Paolo\)
Dear Colleague, Starting from cycle 2004/03 (April-May 2005), ISIS has started to offer a "Measure-by-Courier" powder diffraction access mechanism to the GEM diffractometer (XPRESS). This mechanism is aimed at new and infrequent users, research programmes requiring only limited and/or occasion