[Neutron] LANSCE CALL FOR PROPOSALS

[Anna Llobet]

  Los Alamos Neutron Science Center Call for Proposals


*(Run Cycle Beginning May 1, 2006) *

You are invited to submit a proposal to apply for beam time at the Los 
Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE).  *The deadline for submitting 
the proposals is 5:00 p.m. Mountain Standard Time, Friday, January 27, 
2006.*  These proposals will be considered for beam time that will be 
available starting May 1, 2006.  We plan to issue another call for 
proposals in the spring of 2006 for run time beginning in the September 
timeframe and extending through the end of 2006.

Instruments/flight paths available in the current call for proposals are:


      Lujan Neutron Scattering Center

   1. Polarized Beam Reflectometer (Asterix)
   2. Filter Difference Spectrometer (FDS)^*
   3. High-Intensity Powder Diffractometer (HIPD)^*
   4. High-Pressure Preferred Orientation Diffractometer (HIPPO)
   5. Low Q Diffractometer (LQD)^*
   6. Neutron Powder Diffractometer (NPDF)
   7. Protein Crystallography Station (PCS)
   8. High-Resolution Chopper Spectrometer (Pharos)
   9. Spectrometer for Materials Research at Temperature and Stress (SMARTS)
  10. Surface Profile Analysis Reflectometer (SPEAR)

^* FDS, HIPD, and LQD have reduced availability: these instruments will 
be available for 1/2, 1/2, and 2/3 of the run period, respectively.
Proposals for the following instruments will be accepted, although user 
support will be very limited:

  11. Single Crystal Diffractometer (SCD)
  12. Transmission Spectroscopy (Flight Path 5)


      Weapons Neutron Research Facility

1.     Target 1:            Flight path 5 (1FP5), 
                                Flight path 14 (DANCE) capture 
reactions, fission
2.     Target 2:            (Blue Room, proton irradiations)
3.     Target 4:            Flight Path 90L (4FP90L) ,
                                Flight Path 30L (4FP30L) ICE House. 
Single event effects
                                Flight path 15L (4FP15L)
                                Flight path 15R (4FP15R)
                                Flight path 30R (4FP30R) FIGARO, (n,z) 
reactions
                                Flight path 60R (4FP60R) GEANIE
 

Because of their impact on the overall user program, proposals for sole 
use experiments (i.e., those that require dedicated facility operation) 
should be discussed with the management of WNR so that policies 
associated with such experiments and the prospect of them being 
accommodated can be explained.


        Proposal Guidance and Submission

Proposals must be submitted using the process on the LANSCE website; 
only proposals submitted in this manner will be accepted.  To access the 
proposal submission sites, log onto the LANSCE home page ( 
lansce.lanl.gov ).  On this page there are links to the Lujan Center via 
Lujan Resources or to Nuclear and Neutron Science through Nuclear 
Science Resources.  Under Lujan Resources click on the Lujan Proposal 
Submission Site to submit a proposal to be run at this facility or under 
Nuclear Science Resources click on NS (WNR) Proposal Submission Site to 
submit a nuclear science proposal.

Links to detailed instructions for preparing the proposals can be found 
on the proposal submission sites under "Resources and Information."  
Please assure that you address all of pertinent items listed under "What 
Your Proposal Must Contain" so that our Program Advisory Committees that 
conduct the reviews are able to judge the scientific merit of the 
proposals.  This also helps us to demonstrate that the beam time we 
award goes to the most compelling science.  We can only do this if the 
proposals thoroughly address all of the necessary criteria.

*Classified proposals must be submitted in hard copy.  *They should be 
submitted to:
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Mail Station 5000
LANSCE User Office c/o MS H803
Los Alamos, NM 87545
or hand carried to TA-53, Bldg. 1, room D108.  


      Student Travel Support

Travel support is available for students to participate in an experiment 
via the STONE (Student Travel Opportunities for Neutron Experiments) 
Program.  For information about this program go to the relevant proposal 
submission site as described previously and click on the "STONE Program" 
link under "Resources and Information."  Instructions about how to apply 
for support from the STONE program are found here.

Should you have any questions or require assistance, please contact the 
LANSCE User Office by e-mail at lansce_users at lanl.gov or by telephone at 
(505) 665-1010.

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