To avail Accelerator Beam Time, one must submit beam time proposals by online filling one of the Beam Time Request (BTR) Form with in the stipulated dates (May 15 for July AUC / October 15 for December AUC ) . If invited, they should present it before the Accelerator User Committee Members during the AUC Meeting on July 5-7 or December 16-18
BTR-1 : Beam Time Request for Fresh Proposals
BTR-2 : Beam Time Account (BTA) for Ph.D Students from Universities/Teaching Institutions
BTR-3 : Request of UFR Project (funding) and Beam Time
BTR-4 : Beam Time Request for Ongoing Proposal
| Your
plan |
What
to submit |
How
to defend in AUC meeting |
| If
you are planning to get a beam
time only, not funds |
Submit
BTR1
form |
Presentation
by the Principal Investigator / any collaborator / student |
| If
you are planning to get both beam
time and funds (Applicable for University Users only) |
Submit
BTR3
form BTR3 should be forwarded by your University Registrar |
Presentation
by the Principal Investigator / any collaborator (but not from IUAC) (student presentation not acceptable in case of sanction of funds) |
| If
you are planning to get a subsequent run
of an already availed run(s) of a sanctioned Project |
Submit
BTR4
form Please submit all detailed reports and copies of published papers related to the run already availed. You may mail any additional documents to academic cell by quoting Proposal ID (after you submit the BTR form you will be allotted a ID for that BTR). |
Presentation
is not required |
| For
getting a complete Beam Time
Account for a student |
Submit
BTR2
form Submit detailed Thesis Proposal. You may mail documents to academic cell by quoting Proposal ID (after you submit the BTR form you will be allotted a ID for that BTR). |
Presentation
by the concerned student only (The guide may be present in the meeting) |
Note : Simultaneous submission of BTR2 & BTR3 will not be entertained.
Accelerator User Committee (AUC)
The AUC evaluates the beamtime proposals / presentations in the AUC meetings on July 8 and December 19 of every year.
The decisions are thereby informed to the respective Principal Investigators.
Beam time scheduling
Beam time is scheduled by the Beam Time Scheduling Group of IUAC;following the sanctioned list of experiments and as per the requests made by corresponding users.
Corresponding users are informed about their beamtime ahead of the schedule.
One IUAC Personnel (LEC) is assigned to help the user during the experiment.
User Presentation is arranged at the end of the experiment to get the user feedback.
UFR Project
Similar procedure is being followed for funding User Facility for Research projects (UFR) as for beamtime.
A University project, if approved by AUC, gets standard funds for three years. Each year the corresponding funds are sent to the relevant University subject to submission of satisfactory academic report & audited utilization certificate of the project for the previous year.
At the end of 3 years , a project completion report is required alongwith the financial expenditure status.
For any UFR related queries, contact.
Beam available
The 15 UD Pelletron at IUAC is a vertical tandem electrostatic accelerator. Negative ions from the ion source are pre-accelerated, mass analyzed and injected at energy of 250 to 350 KeV into the accelerator. At the terminal they are stripped to various charge states (q) by foil or gas stripper. These positive ions then get repelled by the terminal to gain further energy which is then energy analyzed by an analyzer magnet (1.8 m radius) and can be delivered in seven beam lines by using a switching magnet.
The energy of the accelerated particle beam available depends on the charge state (q) of the ion and the terminal potential V (in MV)
Accommodation
Hostel and Guest houses are available on the campus. Booking has to be done in advance for convenience and visit has to get approval before actual arrival. A canteen and other facilities are available.For accommodation booking, contact academic@iuac.res.in