4) Research plan
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i) Background of your research project for the proposed experiment (research trend and status of your
research)
- While referring to previous studies related to your research project, please describe a research trend (hot topics
etc.) in the field and a place of your project. Please also describe the present status and unsolved problems of your
research project.
- Give a clear statement to justify why your research project should be performed in the context of the following
review criteria: scientific significance, industrial applications as well as its social and educational merits.
ii) Relationship(s) between this proposal and your previously approved proposal(s) by MLF
Provide the information on your previous proposal(s) to MLF such as a proposal number, a proposal title, and a
relationship with this proposal, a status of the report or publication of the outcomes.
Examples:
- 2014B9999: Study on AAA. Conducted the structural analysis of a powdered sample for this proposal experiment,
Journal Name, Volume, Pages (in review)
- 2014A9999: Study on BBB. Studied a different sample; no relationship with this experiment, Journal Name,
Volume, Pages (Issued Year).
- 2013B9999: Study on BBB. The experiment was canceled due to J-PARC’s circumstances. (No plan of the
publication)
In case of “Project Proposal” or “Instrument Development Proposal”, provide the information on a funding
situation of this proposal.
iii) List of relevant publications by this experiment group members (Place an asterisk next to any
publications based on the results of an experiment conducted in MLF)
Please provide information of relevant publications to this proposal by this experimental group member(s). The
information includes Author(s), Title, Journal Name, Volume, Issued Year, and Pages. If there are any publications
based on results from MLF, place an asterisk (*) next to those publications.
iv) Purpose(s) of this proposed experiment (State clearly what you intend to clarify in this experiment while
referring a summary of previous works including preliminary experiments)
- Give a specific goal(s) of this experiment in your research project while referring the scientific background in the
previous section.
- While referring a data set(s) obtained by previous works and your preliminary experiments (especially by a
similar method such as synchrotron X-ray), please state clearly what you intend to clarify using a neutron/muon
instrument in MLF.
- If this is one of series of experiments conducted in multiple proposal rounds, state clearly a difference from the
previous experiments at MLF.
- If you have any specific reason to use the particular nuetron/muon instrument of MLF, please state the reason
clearly.
v) Experimental and data analysis methods
- Describe the details of your experimental method (e.g., measurement condition(s), number of measurements, data
analysis protocol, etc.) to achieve the goals above.
- Describe expected results of this experiment (e.g., change in a lattice parameter, excited energy, film’s thickness,
element distribution, etc.) and also how these results would be useful to achieve your research goals.
- If you plan to perform an experiment with special technique such as isotope labeling, describe how the experiment
and data analysis are conducted in detail.
- Describe expected difficulties, if any, in conducting this experiment such as a difficulty in sample preparation, in
setting up a sample environment, in data analysis, in having high resolution, in reducing background level, etc.)
vi) Beamtime request and justification
Beamtime should be estimated based on your experimental method in Section 5.
Examples:
A: 1 (hour/sample/T) x 12 (samples) x 5 (temperatures) + 6 (hours, time for changing T) + 6 (hours, time for
measuring background and changing a sample, etc.) = 72 hours
B: For time-slicing measurement, 3 (hour/condition) x 2 (samples) x 5 (temperatures) = 30 hours are required. After
that, 0.5 (hour/condition) x 2 (samples) x 5 (temperatures) = 5 hours are required to confirm the final structure.
Consequently, 36 hours are required including 1 hour for basic data and loss time.
Please describe the measurement condition(s) such as energy or wave length, ranges of momentum and
energy, and their resolutions, and also give the environmental condition(s) such as temperature, pressure, etc.
Those answers are used in the review of technical feasibility of the requested instrument.
vii) Q (or d) range (scattering experiment) or spatial resolution (imaging experiment) with unit(s)
If you use BL01, 02, 03, 08, 09, (10,) 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 or 22
viii) E range or incident neutron energy/wavelength with unit(s) and resolution
If you use BL01, 02, (10,) 12, 14 or (22)
ix) Experimental conditions
For all users.
In case that you intend to carry out your experiment under any of the following conditions, place a “X” in { } and
give specific values or name(s). If you intend to use (or bring) any equipment in MLF, please apply for the usage in
the “Experimental Equipment” section.
{ } Temperature range: K – K
{ } Pressure range: Pa – Pa
{ } Magnetic-field strength: Max
T
{ } Gas: (name of gas)
{ } Possible hazards: (e.g. chemical reaction)
x) Preparation status of experimental samples and equipment
For all users.
In case that you intend to bring any own equipment in MLF, please answer to the following questions
[Sample]
Preparation status：{ } ready, { } now preparing (It will be ready by
.)
Radioactivity：{ } None, { } Radioisotope, { } Activated material
Lattice parameter(s) and Space group (for only crystallography users) with unit(s):
Specific note:
[Equipment which you intend to bring in MLF]
Preparation condition：{ } available, { } now preparing (It will be ready by
Radioactivity：{ } None, { } Radioisotope, { } Activated materialSpecific note:
.)