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Abstract

The Grenoble High Magnetic Field Laboratory (GHMFL), run
jointly by the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
(C.N.R.S, 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
partly 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 Human
Potential Program: "Transnational Access to Major Research
Infrastructures." We give an overview of the technical aspects
of the facility and of the laboratory activities as a facility
over the last years. The general organization of the user
community and repartition between countries will be also
reviewed.