A Java GUI for mu SR

A universal Graphical User Interface (GUI) for mu SR data presentation and analysis has been developed using a Java Applet in the ubiquitous Web brows er. This "thin Client" communicates with a Server via (remote method invoca tion) (RMI) to retrieve data over the Internet in the form of compact Java Objects. The Server has access to a massive archive of mu SR "run" files an d a relational database of "header" information from those runs. The only c omponent of this system that depends on the local data file format is a sin gle Java method that converts the data file into a standard Java "mu SR Run " Object. Because all components are written in Java, they can be implement ed on any common operating system. (test site: http://musr.physics.ubc.ca/g ui/) (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.