My BESSY II Beamtime

Registration

Before beginning work at BESSY II, all users must register with the BESSY II User Office and have a valid instruction. An ID Card will give access to BESSY II Buildings and the Experimental Hall. Provided the beamtime has been prepared according to the BESSY II requirements, the entire registration process can be completed in less than 30 minutes.
For additional information about registration procedures, please contact the BESSY II User Office.

BESSY II Safety Training

The BESSY II safety training pages are intended to provide you with information about safety at BESSY II. This information is of particular help in preparation of experiments and even more during the experiment at BESSY II. You will find information about e.g. general safety and radiation protection.

If you are for the 1st time at BESSY II, or if your last safety instruction was more than 12 months ago, you have to follow an interactive instruction. The instruction consists of a compulsory part (general regulations and radiation protection) and further instructions needed for particular areas of work like the use of liquid helium and lasers, as well as activities in the mechanical workshop and in the chemical laboratory. The compulsory part takes approximately 30 minutes. The whole course will not take longer than 40 minutes.

Please make absolutely sure that you complete all modules necessary for your work at BESSY II.

The instruction runs on dedicated computers located in the BESSY II library. In case you do not yet have an activated ID card, you can get a card giving you access to the library from the BESSY II User Office or the guards desk at the entrance. Please be aware of the fact that in this case, at least the compulsory part of the course has to be passed before being able to enter the experimental hall.

For additional information about the safety training procedure, please contact the BESSY II User Office.

Yellow Boards

When you arrive at your experiment please complete a Yellow Board (BESSY II on-site access only) indicating user names, dangerous equipment, hazardous substances and an emergency phone number. You will find a description on how to complete the Yellow Board at every beamline.

On-site Information / Assistance

Most recent information for users is displayed on the on-site information system. In case of any problems, please call the User Assistant ('Hallendienst'). The phone number is given on the system and usually is -12984.

Technical User Support

For all off- or on-site technical questions relating

General on-site assistance
Job safety
Transportation, parking and storage of equipment
Consumables, equipment, tools
Access to mechanical workshop
Access to lab facilities (e.g. chemistry lab)
Supplies (power, water, air, LN 2, LHe...)
Disposal

please contact the user support (see box on the right).

Publication and Reporting

Excellence and efficiency of research at large scale facilities will determine the future success and funding of these infrastructures. In your own interest we ask you to support our measures to increase the efficiency and visibility of research performed at our faciliti

The HZB management expects that the granted beamtimes lead to publications within a reasonable time.
Visibility of the HZB-contributions to theses publications is of great importance for the future success of our large scale facilities. Thus, we ask you to either include the beamline/instrument responsible as co-author, or at least to mention HZB-BESSYII, the instrument and, if justified, the beamline/station support in the acknowledgement, for example in the form

We acknowledge the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin - Electron storage ring BESSY II for provision of synchrotron radiation at beamline ### and would like to thank xyz for assistance.

Please provide us information concerning your beamtime as soon as possible. The "Technical Feedback Form", the "Experimental Report" and a continuous up date of your publication list (all via GATE) are essential tools to provide the desired data for our funding agencies.