Muon Spectroscopy School

Europe/Zurich
Rigi-Saal (Hotel Rigi-Kaltbad)

Rigi-Saal

Hotel Rigi-Kaltbad

Zentrum 4a CH-6356 Rigi Kaltbad
Adrian Hillier (ISIS Neutron and Muon Source), Martin Mansson (KTH Royal Institute of Technology), Thomas Prokscha (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
Description

Aim of school:

To provide detailed knowledge and hands-on experience about the field of muon spectroscopy.

Target audience:

This school is aimed at PhD students and post-doctoral researchers. No previous knowledge of muon spectroscopy is necessary. 

Program overview:            

The school will introduce the muon spectroscopy technique and then focus on in-depth discussion of its application to different science areas. At the beginning of the school there will be poster sessions, where each participant can introduce their current research projects and how they relate to muon spectroscopy. During the school there will be workshops teaching practical knowledge about performing muon spectroscopy research. Directly after the school, the students have the possibility to join a facility tour of the Swiss Muon Source at PSI.

Some of the main topics covered are:

  • Magnetic materials
  • Superconductors
  • Semiconductors
  • Energy materials
  • Muon site determination & DFT
  • Elemental analysis
  • Studies of thin films and interfaces
  • Muon spectroscopy under extreme conditions

Registration:

Kindly note that this school is limited to 40 participants. Applications to participate can be submitted between July and September 2025. In early October, accepted applicants will be informed and asked to complete the full registration.

The registration fee for the school is CHF 300.--  and includes accommodation in a shared double room, meals and spa usage.

Flyer

    • 15:00 18:30
      Arrival 3h 30m
    • 18:30 19:00
      Get together 30m Rigi-Saal

      Rigi-Saal

      Hotel Rigi-Kaltbad

      Zentrum 4a CH-6356 Rigi Kaltbad

      Informal welcome mixer

    • 19:00 20:30
      Dinner 1h 30m
    • 07:30 08:30
      Breakfast 1h
    • 08:30 09:00
      Opening remarks and overview 30m Rigi-Saal

      Rigi-Saal

      Hotel Rigi-Kaltbad

      Zentrum 4a CH-6356 Rigi Kaltbad

      Chair: Adrian Hillier

      Speaker: Thomas Prokscha (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
    • 09:00 10:00
      Introduction to muon spin spectroscopy 1h Rigi-Saal

      Rigi-Saal

      Hotel Rigi-Kaltbad

      Zentrum 4a CH-6356 Rigi Kaltbad

      Chair: Thomas Prokscha

      Speaker: Rhea Stewart (ISIS)
    • 10:00 10:30
      Coffee break 30m
    • 10:30 12:00
      Quantum Muon 1 1h 30m Rigi-Saal

      Rigi-Saal

      Hotel Rigi-Kaltbad

      Zentrum 4a CH-6356 Rigi Kaltbad

      Chair: Andrin Doll

      Speaker: Stephen Blundell (University of Oxford)
    • 12:00 13:30
      Lunch 1h 30m
    • 13:30 14:30
      Magnetism 1 1h Rigi-Saal

      Rigi-Saal

      Hotel Rigi-Kaltbad

      Zentrum 4a CH-6356 Rigi Kaltbad

      Chair: Jonas Krieger

      Speaker: Pierre Dalmas de Réotier (CEA and Université Grenoble Alpes)
    • 14:30 15:30
      Superconductivity 1 1h Rigi-Saal

      Rigi-Saal

      Hotel Rigi-Kaltbad

      Zentrum 4a CH-6356 Rigi Kaltbad

      Chair: Jonas Krieger

      Speaker: Roberto De Renzi (University of Parma)
    • 15:30 16:00
      Coffee break 30m
    • 16:00 17:00
      Polarization functions 1 1h Rigi-Saal

      Rigi-Saal

      Hotel Rigi-Kaltbad

      Zentrum 4a CH-6356 Rigi Kaltbad

      Chair: Rhea Stewart

      Speaker: Pierre Dalmas de Réotier (CEA and Université Grenoble Alpes)
    • 17:00 18:00
      Elemental Analysis 1 1h Rigi-Saal

      Rigi-Saal

      Hotel Rigi-Kaltbad

      Zentrum 4a CH-6356 Rigi Kaltbad

      Chair: Rhea Stewart

      Speaker: Adrian Hillier (ISIS)
    • 18:00 18:30
      Break 30m Rigi-Saal

      Rigi-Saal

      Hotel Rigi-Kaltbad

      Zentrum 4a CH-6356 Rigi Kaltbad
    • 18:30 19:30
      History of muSR 1h Rigi-Saal

      Rigi-Saal

      Hotel Rigi-Kaltbad

      Zentrum 4a CH-6356 Rigi Kaltbad

      Chair: Alex Amato

      Speaker: Roberto De Renzi (University of Parma)
    • 19:30 21:00
      Dinner 1h 30m
    • 21:00 22:00
      Student input: Student input (poster) Rigi-Saal

      Rigi-Saal

      Hotel Rigi-Kaltbad

    • 07:30 08:30
      Breakfast 1h
    • 08:30 09:30
      Quantum Muon 2 1h Rigi-Saal

      Rigi-Saal

      Hotel Rigi-Kaltbad

      Zentrum 4a CH-6356 Rigi Kaltbad

      Chair: Andrin Doll

      Speaker: Stephen Blundell (University of Oxford)
    • 09:30 10:00
      Coffee break 30m
    • 10:00 11:00
      Muon sites 1: Introduction 1h Rigi-Saal

      Rigi-Saal

      Hotel Rigi-Kaltbad

      Zentrum 4a CH-6356 Rigi Kaltbad

      Chair: Roberto de Renzi

      Speaker: Alex Amato (PSI)
    • 11:00 12:00
      Muon sites 2: DFT+mu concepts 1h Rigi-Saal

      Rigi-Saal

      Hotel Rigi-Kaltbad

      Zentrum 4a CH-6356 Rigi Kaltbad

      Chair: Roberto de Renzi

      Speaker: Pietro Bonfa' (University of Modena)
    • 12:00 13:30
      Lunch 1h 30m
    • 15:15 15:45
      Discussions with Speakers 30m Rigi-Saal

      Rigi-Saal

      Hotel Rigi-Kaltbad

      Zentrum 4a CH-6356 Rigi Kaltbad
    • 15:45 16:00
      School Photo 15m Rigi-Saal

      Rigi-Saal

      Hotel Rigi-Kaltbad

      Zentrum 4a CH-6356 Rigi Kaltbad
    • 16:00 17:00
      Polarization functions 2 1h Rigi-Saal

      Rigi-Saal

      Hotel Rigi-Kaltbad

      Zentrum 4a CH-6356 Rigi Kaltbad

      Chair: Rhea Stewart
      Slides, see Polarization functions 1

      Speaker: Pierre Dalmas de Réotier (CEA and Université Grenoble Alpes)
    • 17:00 17:30
      Coffee break 30m
    • 17:30 18:30
      High pressure/strain 1h Rigi-Saal

      Rigi-Saal

      Hotel Rigi-Kaltbad

      Zentrum 4a CH-6356 Rigi Kaltbad

      Chair: Martin Mansson

      Speaker: Roustem Khassanov (PSI)
    • 18:30 19:30
      Magnetism 2 1h Rigi-Saal

      Rigi-Saal

      Hotel Rigi-Kaltbad

      Zentrum 4a CH-6356 Rigi Kaltbad

      Chair: Martin Mansson

      Speaker: Stephen Blundell (University of Oxford)
    • 19:30 21:00
      Dinner 1h 30m
    • 21:00 22:00
      Student input: Student input (poster) Rigi-Saal

      Rigi-Saal

      Hotel Rigi-Kaltbad

    • 07:30 08:30
      Breakfast 1h
    • 08:30 09:30
      Superconductivity 2 1h Rigi-Saal

      Rigi-Saal

      Hotel Rigi-Kaltbad

      Zentrum 4a CH-6356 Rigi Kaltbad

      Chair: Jonas Krieger

      Speaker: Roberto De Renzi (University of Parma)
    • 09:30 10:00
      Coffee break 30m
    • 10:00 11:00
      Magnetism 3 1h Rigi-Saal

      Rigi-Saal

      Hotel Rigi-Kaltbad

      Zentrum 4a CH-6356 Rigi Kaltbad

      Chair: Francis Pratt

      Speaker: Stephen Blundell (University of Oxford)
    • 11:00 12:00
      High field 1h Rigi-Saal

      Rigi-Saal

      Hotel Rigi-Kaltbad

      Zentrum 4a CH-6356 Rigi Kaltbad

      Chair: Francis Pratt

      Speaker: Zurab Guguchia (PSI)
    • 12:00 13:30
      Lunch 1h 30m
    • 13:30 16:30
      workshop: Workshop 1 SunSet II

      SunSet II

      Hotel Rigi-Kaltbad

      Conveners: Francis Pratt (ISIS), John Wilkinson (ISIS)
    • 13:30 16:30
      workshop: Workshop 1 Rigi-Saal

      Rigi-Saal

      Hotel Rigi-Kaltbad

      Conveners: Andrin Doll (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut), Jonas Andreas Krieger (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
    • 13:30 16:30
      workshop: Workshop 1 Panorama II

      Panorama II

      Hotel Rigi-Kaltbad

      Convener: Benjamin Huddart (University of Oxford)
    • 13:30 16:30
      workshop: Workshop 1 Kulm

      Kulm

      Hotel Rigi-Kaltbad

      mufinder repository: https://gitlab.com/BenHuddart/mufinder
      musrfit tutorial: http://musruser.psi.ch/Tutorial

      Conveners: Miki Bonacci (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut), Pietro Bonfa' (University of Parma)
    • 16:30 17:00
      Coffee break 30m
    • 17:00 18:00
      Muon production 1h Rigi-Saal

      Rigi-Saal

      Hotel Rigi-Kaltbad

      Zentrum 4a CH-6356 Rigi Kaltbad

      Chair: Thomas Prokscha

      Speaker: Alex Amato (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
    • 18:00 18:30
      Break 30m Rigi-Saal

      Rigi-Saal

      Hotel Rigi-Kaltbad

      Zentrum 4a CH-6356 Rigi Kaltbad
    • 18:30 19:30
      Energy Materials 1h Rigi-Saal

      Rigi-Saal

      Hotel Rigi-Kaltbad

      Zentrum 4a CH-6356 Rigi Kaltbad

      Chair: Alex Amato

      Speaker: Martin Månsson (KTH Stockholm)
    • 19:30 21:00
      Dinner 1h 30m
    • 07:30 08:30
      Breakfast 1h
    • 08:30 09:30
      Chemistry 1h Rigi-Saal

      Rigi-Saal

      Hotel Rigi-Kaltbad

      Zentrum 4a CH-6356 Rigi Kaltbad

      Chair: Francis Pratt

      Speaker: Joseph Wright (Univeristy of East Anglia)
    • 09:30 10:00
      Coffee break 30m
    • 10:00 11:00
      Complementarity with X-ray techniques 1h Rigi-Saal

      Rigi-Saal

      Hotel Rigi-Kaltbad

      Zentrum 4a CH-6356 Rigi Kaltbad

      Chair: Kenji Kojima

      Speaker: Jonas Andreas Krieger (PSI)
    • 11:00 12:00
      External Stimuli 1h Rigi-Saal

      Rigi-Saal

      Hotel Rigi-Kaltbad

      Zentrum 4a CH-6356 Rigi Kaltbad

      Chair: Kenji Kojima

      Speaker: Andrin Doll (PSI)
    • 12:00 13:30
      Lunch 1h 30m
    • 15:30 16:00
      Discussions with Speakers 30m Rigi-Saal

      Rigi-Saal

      Hotel Rigi-Kaltbad

      Zentrum 4a CH-6356 Rigi Kaltbad
    • 16:00 17:30
      workshop: Workshop 1 Rigi-Saal

      Rigi-Saal

      Hotel Rigi-Kaltbad

      Convener: PSI musrfit
    • 16:00 17:30
      workshop: Workshop 2 Panorama II

      Panorama II

      Hotel Rigi-Kaltbad

      Convener: Francis Pratt?
    • 16:00 17:30
      workshop: Workshop 3 SunSet II

      SunSet II

      Hotel Rigi-Kaltbad

    • 16:00 17:30
      workshop: Workshop 4 Kulm

      Kulm

      Hotel Rigi-Kaltbad

      mufinder repository: https://gitlab.com/BenHuddart/mufinder
      musrfit tutorial: http://musruser.psi.ch/Tutorial

    • 17:30 18:00
      Coffee break 30m
    • 18:00 19:30
      workshop: Workshop 1 Rigi-Saal

      Rigi-Saal

      Hotel Rigi-Kaltbad

    • 18:00 19:30
      workshop: Workshop 2 Panorama II

      Panorama II

      Hotel Rigi-Kaltbad

    • 18:00 19:30
      workshop: Workshop 3 SunSet II

      SunSet II

      Hotel Rigi-Kaltbad

    • 18:00 19:30
      workshop: Workshop 4 Kulm

      Kulm

      Hotel Rigi-Kaltbad

      mufinder repository: https://gitlab.com/BenHuddart/mufinder
      musrfit tutorial: http://musruser.psi.ch/Tutorial

    • 19:30 21:00
      Dinner 1h 30m
    • 21:00 22:00
      Particle physics 1h Rigi-Saal

      Rigi-Saal

      Hotel Rigi-Kaltbad

      Zentrum 4a CH-6356 Rigi Kaltbad

      Chair: Thomas Prokscha

      Speaker: Angela Papa (PSI)
    • 07:30 08:30
      Breakfast 1h
    • 08:30 09:30
      Semiconductors 1 1h Rigi-Saal

      Rigi-Saal

      Hotel Rigi-Kaltbad

      Zentrum 4a CH-6356 Rigi Kaltbad

      Chair: Kenji Kojima

      Speaker: Rui Vilao (University of Coimbra)
    • 09:30 10:00
      Coffee break 30m
    • 10:00 11:00
      Complementarity with resonance techniques 1h Rigi-Saal

      Rigi-Saal

      Hotel Rigi-Kaltbad

      Zentrum 4a CH-6356 Rigi Kaltbad

      Chair: Andrin Doll

      Speaker: Andrej Zorko (Jožef Stefan Institute)
    • 11:00 12:00
      Facilities and instruments 1h Rigi-Saal

      Rigi-Saal

      Hotel Rigi-Kaltbad

      Zentrum 4a CH-6356 Rigi Kaltbad

      Chair: Martin Mansson

    • 12:00 13:30
      Lunch 1h 30m
    • 13:30 16:30
      workshop: Workshop 1 Rigi-Saal

      Rigi-Saal

      Hotel Rigi-Kaltbad

      Conveners: Andreas Suter (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut), Jonas Andreas Krieger (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
    • 13:30 16:30
      workshop: Workshop 2 Panorama II

      Panorama II

      Hotel Rigi-Kaltbad

      Convener: Francis Pratt?
    • 13:30 16:30
      workshop: Workshop 3 SunSet II

      SunSet II

      Hotel Rigi-Kaltbad

      Convener: Michael Heiss (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
    • 13:30 16:30
      workshop: Workshop 4 Kulm

      Kulm

      Hotel Rigi-Kaltbad

      mufinder repository: https://gitlab.com/BenHuddart/mufinder
      musrfit tutorial: http://musruser.psi.ch/Tutorial

      Conveners: PSI SW Team, Pietro Bonfa' (University of Parma)
    • 16:30 17:00
      Coffee break 30m
    • 17:00 17:30
      Before/during the experiment 30m Rigi-Saal

      Rigi-Saal

      Hotel Rigi-Kaltbad

      Zentrum 4a CH-6356 Rigi Kaltbad

      Chair: Martin Mansson

    • 17:30 18:00
      Discussions with Speakers 30m Rigi-Saal

      Rigi-Saal

      Hotel Rigi-Kaltbad

      Zentrum 4a CH-6356 Rigi Kaltbad
    • 18:00 18:15
      Break 15m Rigi-Saal

      Rigi-Saal

      Hotel Rigi-Kaltbad

      Zentrum 4a CH-6356 Rigi Kaltbad
    • 18:15 19:15
      Future Capabilities 1h Rigi-Saal

      Rigi-Saal

      Hotel Rigi-Kaltbad

      Zentrum 4a CH-6356 Rigi Kaltbad

      Chair: Adrian Hillier

      Speakers: Peter Baker (ISIS), Zaher Salman (PSI)
    • 19:15 19:30
      Closing remarks 15m Rigi-Saal

      Rigi-Saal

      Hotel Rigi-Kaltbad

      Zentrum 4a CH-6356 Rigi Kaltbad

      Chair: Adrian Hillier

      Speaker: Local Organizers
    • 19:30 21:00
      Dinner 1h 30m
    • 07:30 08:30
      Breakfast 1h
    • 08:30 09:00
      Departure 30m
    • 09:00 13:00
      optional: Travel to PSI 4h
    • 13:00 16:30
      optional: PSI facility tour 3h 30m