Current status of sample environment in MLF, J-PARC

Kawamura, Seiko   ; Yokoo, Tetsuya*; Kambara, Wataru; Inamura, Yasuhiro; Nakatani, Takeshi ; Torii, Shuki*; Kajimoto, Ryoichi  ; Nakajima, Kenji  ; Kaneko, Koji   ; Kawakita, Yukinobu  ; Takata, Shinichi  ; Yamauchi, Yasuhiro*; Suzuki, Junichi; Hoshikawa, Akinori*; Otomo, Toshiya*; Aizawa, Kazuya  ; Suzuya, Kentaro; Kamiyama, Takashi; Arai, Masatoshi

Materials and Life Science Experimental Facility at J-PARC started the user program in December 2008. Various neutron experiments are currently performed there in wide range of scientific researches and industrial applications. Standardization of sample environment (SE) equipments is one of the most important things at the beginning stage. Especially in our country, it often happens that each instrument carries and operates SE devices independently. This situation results in an excess of the cost and incompatibility among the instruments unless we have any guidelines. Thus the SE team has discussed the SE-protocol, in which flange size, thermometers, controllers etc. are standardized. This should bring about saving the cost and manpower and increasing compatibility. The SE team is now discussing user support system in SE, preparation of the SE area, and so on. The technical staff members started working on practical things such as cooling test of cryostats.