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4 unusual facts about Paul Scherrer Institute


Muon spin spectroscopy

PSI and TRIUMF host the two continuous muon sources available for µSR experiments.

Up to now, PSI is the only facility where such low-energy muon beam is available on a regular basis.

Pac-car II

By using hydrogen fuel-cell, developed at ETH/PSI (Paul Scherrer Institute), as power source, pure water is the car's only emission.

Villigen

The Paul Scherrer Institute is primarily located in Villigen, although part is across the Aare river in Würenlingen.


European Spallation Source

Among special Danish competences is simulation of neutron scattering, since DTU Physics in Lyngby is the home of the McStas software collaboration (formerly Risø DTU), also comprising the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen Institut Laue-Langevin in Grenoble, France and Paul Scherrer Institute in Villigen, Switzerland


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