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<div>Dear Centre for Molecular and Materials Science Users,<br>
<br>
The Centre for Materials and Molecular Science (CMMS) is in the
midst of an extensive upgrade to our facilities, and in order to
finish the work on the new beamlines and perform repairs to
existing facilities we will not be providing beam to M15 and M9B
until July 2012. The new M20 beamline, which has two end
stations, will be commissioned during this time and will be
available for users experiments in September-October 2012. In
view of the backlog of approved experiments the Molecular and
Materials Science Experimental Evaluation Committee (MMS-EEC)
will not meet in the summer of 2012 and will not be issuing a
call for new or continuing proposals. The next MMS-EEC meeting
will be held in early December 2012 with a deadline for the
submission of proposals approximately four weeks earlier. <br>
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In order to keep up with rapid scientific developments the CMMS
has decided to implement "Rapid Access" beam time. Applications
should be a maximum of 2 pages (8.5" x 11" written with 12 point
font) and should concisely outline the scientific problem,
explain how μSR can be used to solve it and why the request is
urgent and cannot wait for the next EEC meeting. Applications
should be sent to the MMS-EEC secretary (Dr. Iain McKenzie, <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:iain.mckenzie@triumf.ca">iain.mckenzie@triumf.ca</a>)
and will be accepted at any time. The proposal will be evaluated
by the MMS-EEC Chairman and one other MMS-EEC member designated
by the Chairman and Secretary. Rapid Access beam time will be
awarded only in exceptional cases as it will supersede
previously approved and scheduled experiments. <br>
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The staff of the CMMS is aware that you are very anxious to be
performing experiments and we will make sure the facilities are
made available to you as soon as possible. We will provide
updates of our progress.<br>
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Best regards,</div>
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Iain McKenzie<br>
MMS-EEC Scientific Secretary<br>
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