The programme runs at ISIS every two years for 5 days and takes around 25 students. Materials are always available from https://e-learning.pan-training.eu/.
The most recent ISIS Muon Spectroscopy Training School was run 19th - 23rd March 2018.
Muons are a valuable and versatile probe of condensed matter. The µSR (muon spin rotation / relaxation / resonance) spectroscopic techniques are used to investigate magnetic, superconducting, semiconducting, molecular, ionic and metallic systems.
The aim of the Muon Spectroscopy Training School is to provide a practical training course for Ph.D. students and post-doctoral researchers on the use of muons in condensed matter research.
The cost of the school, accommodation and reasonable travel costs for UK researchers to attend is met by ISIS. We will also cover the costs for European participants. Researchers from outside the UK and Europe have to meet their own travel and subsistence costs, although Newton Funding may be available to participants from eligible countries. Thanks to support from the International Society for Muon Spectroscopy (http://musr.org) we will be able to provide a bursary of up to $1000 for one student who could not otherwise attend the school.
Applications and Selection Criteria
The application procedure for the training school is conducted by electronic submission of a form requiring sections to be filled out by the applicant and their supervisor/advisor.
For further information about the training school please contact Dr Peter Baker (peter.baker[at]stfc.ac.uk) directly.
The ISIS Muon Spectroscopy Training School is funded by ISIS.
Further Information
The ISIS Pulsed Source, at the STFC's Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL), is home to the world's most intense beam of pulsed muons for condensed matter investigations. Topics covered will enable participants to gain the maximum benefit from future facility time, provide valuable experience of working at a large, international facility and improve knowledge in related fields such as computing and cryogenics.
The Muon Spectroscopy Training Schools run for five days and consist of lectures in the muon technique to complement experiments using the four muon spectrometers at ISIS; each participant will have the opportunity to perform two different experiments. They are run by ISIS Muon Facility staff, who between them have over one hundred years of experience in muon spectroscopy, together with external researchers who are experts in their respective fields of condensed matter science. Full notes accompany the lectures and practical work.
Previous muon training courses were held in 2016, 2014, 2012, 2010, 2008, and 2005. The lecture notes and group photos are available on the following web pages:
