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SUMMARY:ISIS Facility Report
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UID:indico-contribution-3693@indico.stfc.ac.uk
DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Peter Baker (STFC)\, Isao watanabe (RIKEN)\nThere ar
 e five muon instruments and two further experimental areas at ISIS includi
 ng RIKEN-RAL\, able to deliver both surface and decay muons appropriate fo
 r different experiments. Since June 2021 the whole muon facility has been 
 in an extended shutdown as significant work has taken place on the acceler
 ator\, the muon collimator\, and the Target Station 1 neutron target. We n
 ow expect muon beams to be restored late in 2022\, with the full user prog
 ramme restarting in February 2023.\n\nThe major muon group project is the 
 Super-MuSR instrument upgrade\, which is expected to be funded within the 
 £90m Endeavour programme. This promises to bring a step-change in capabil
 ity\, with a highly pixelated detector and novel acquisition electronics i
 ncreasing the counting rate up to 20x\, and a pulse slicer and spin rotato
 rs increasing the available frequency range up to 10x. This will provide a
  bridge between the capabilities of pulsed and continuous muon sources. Pa
 rticular benefits will be seen by experiments that require data at long ti
 mes after muon implantation\, in-operando device measurements\, and parame
 tric studies. Other projects within the group have included refurbishing t
 he HiFi magnet\, adding positron degraders to EMU to improve performance\,
  improving the laser capabilities on HiFi\, and improving our sample envir
 onment equipment. \n\nDuring the shutdown there has been a full refurbishm
 ent of the RIKEN-RAL beamlines\, which is being carried out as part of the
  transition of the facility to ISIS ownership. As well as replacing obsole
 te services and beamline equipment\, the sample environment suite has been
  updated\, with new cryostats\, 3He inserts\, and dilution fridge inserts\
 , to be compatible with the equipment recently acquired for the other beam
 lines\, improving reliability\, redundancy\, and capability. RIKEN-RAL is 
 in high demand with the elemental analysis science programme and the FAMU 
 proton Zemach radius now running alongside the condensed matter programme.
 \n\nhttps://indico.stfc.ac.uk/event/53/contributions/3693/
LOCATION:Science and Technology Campus\, University of Parma
URL:https://indico.stfc.ac.uk/event/53/contributions/3693/
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