The Grenoble High Magnetic Field Laboratory as a user facility

Abstract

The Grenoble High Magnetic Field Laboratory (GHMFL), run jointly by the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS, France) and the Max-Planck Gesellschaft (MPG, Germany) is a leading laboratory pursuing research in the highest static magnetic fields technically feasible. The laboratory maintains strong in-house research activities and operates as a user facility for qualified external researchers. It has developed highly sophisticated instrumentation for specific use under high magnetic fields, including transport, magnetization, visible and infrared optical measurements at low temperatures and/or high pressures, EPR and NMR investigations in high magnetic fields. The laboratory delivers around 5000 hours of magnet time per year. Access for users to the high magnetic field facility is supported by the European Union, in the framework of the Training and Mobility of Researchers Program: "Access to Large Scale Facilities". A review of the activity of the laboratory as a facility over the past years will be given. The activity will be broken down in terms of number of projects or external users welcomed in the laboratory. Different statistics related to the scientific projects and their need for high field magnets will be presented. A general report of the organization of the user community and repartition between countries will be also reviewed.