At the Photon Factory

At the Photon Factory		Last modified 2012-01-13
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Arrival procedure
1.At the Users Office
Upon your arrival at KEK, please go straight to the Users Office if you have reserved our dormitory. You can pick up a Confirmation notice (document) and pay a lodging fee at the counter. If you arrive at the weekend or outside the office hours, you can pick it from a box in front of the office entrance. Regarding a payment, please consult with office members during the office hours. Only Japanese cash is acceptable for the payment.
If your arrival time and departure time prohibit your payment during your stay (for example: you stay only during a weekend), please consult with the Contact Person in Japan.

2.At the Dormitory
The normal check-in time is between 4 and 10pm. When you arrive at the dormitory, please confirm your name and room number on the bulletin board at the main entrance hall and receive your room key at the dormitory manager. The dormitory entrance is locked from 10pm to 7am for the safety reason. Should you arrive during this time, please receive the entrance key and the room key at the Guard's Office at the main gate of KEK campus.

3.Radiation work
When you access to the radiation-controlled areas, you need a personal dosimeter and a personal ID card. PF and PF-AR beamline users can pick up both of them at the entrance to the PF experimental hall (#46 in KEK MAP) at all times. Please at first fill in the "Registration of radiation work in controlled area and application of radiation safety guidance" and bring it to the entrance office with you. It saves your time and makes an easy access to the experimental hall.

PF-AR User Facilities Map (PDF)

Documents to be submitted
During your experiment, the spokesperson needs to submit the following form to PF Office. You can obain them from the office or by download here.

Form	When to submit
PF user beam time report (on-line submission)	At the end of each beamtime.

Departure procedure
Before leaving KEK, users must check out from the dormitory by 10 am and complete the following procedures.

Return dosimeter and ID card to the PF office
Pay the dormitory fee at the Users Office

You are highly required not to leave anything you brought into PF including samples, and be sure you return everything where it was.