Recent progress of J-PARC MLF data analysis environment: instrument status data and remote access

We report the recent progress on two fields of data analysis environment of J-PARC (Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex) MLF (Materials and Life Science Experimental Facility). One is a utilization of event data of instrument status, another is a development of remote data access. Event data of instrument status TrigNET, which is a universal signal readout module developed in KEK, can acquire various instrument status, such as a tensile load or a goniometer position, as time-tagged event data in the same manner with a neutron detection signal. It allows us to treat both events of neutron detection and instrument status on an identical time-line. In the other words, instrument status can be handled at same time precision as the neutron detection event. In order to implement this function, our data analysis software has been upgraded. For example, this upgrade made flexible to analyze data under cyclic load-unload deformation or continuous sample rotation. Remote data access The remote data access is an key service for a large user facility such as J-PARC MLF. Developments of two components for the remote data access are on-going. The MLF experimental database system will provide users a search and a download for raw data and meta-data of their experiments through a web browser. The remote data analysis service will provide data analysis environment on a web browser utilizing computing resource at MLF.