A system for configuring a particle detector facility to record event times, the system comprising: a grandmaster clock designating component comprising instructions that, when executed on a processor of at least one selected facility device of a facility device set of the particle detector facility, wherein the selected facility device is selected from a facility device type set comprising: a beam monitor facility device, a neutron instrument facility device, a neutron chopper facility device, a nuclear reactor facility device, a particle accelerator facility device, a network router facility device, and a user workstation facility device, to cause the at least one selected facility device to identify one facility device of the particle detector facility as a grandmaster clock; and a clock synchronizing component comprising instructions that, when executed on the processor of the selected facility device further comprising a clock component and a data store, cause the selected facility device to: synchronize the clock component with the grandmaster clock; and upon detecting an event: retrieve from the clock component of the selected facility device an absolute event timestamp that is independent of event times of other events; and store a record of the event and the absolute event timestamp in the data store. a grandmaster clock designating component comprising instructions that, when executed on a processor of at least one selected facility device of a facility device set of the particle detector facility, wherein the selected facility device is selected from a facility device type set comprising: a beam monitor facility device, a neutron instrument facility device, a neutron chopper facility device, a nuclear reactor facility device, a particle accelerator facility device, a network router facility device, and a user workstation facility device, to cause the at least one selected facility device to identify one facility device of the particle detector facility as a grandmaster clock; and a beam monitor facility device, a neutron instrument facility device, a neutron chopper facility device, a nuclear reactor facility device, a particle accelerator facility device, a network router facility device, and a user workstation facility device, to cause the at least one selected facility device to identify one facility device of the particle detector facility as a grandmaster clock; and a clock synchronizing component comprising instructions that, when executed on the processor of the selected facility device further comprising a clock component and a data store, cause the selected facility device to: synchronize the clock component with the grandmaster clock; and upon detecting an event: retrieve from the clock component of the selected facility device an absolute event timestamp that is independent of event times of other events; and store a record of the event and the absolute event timestamp in the data store. synchronize the clock component with the grandmaster clock; and upon detecting an event: retrieve from the clock component of the selected facility device an absolute event timestamp that is independent of event times of other events; and store a record of the event and the absolute event timestamp in the data store. retrieve from the clock component of the selected facility device an absolute event timestamp that is independent of event times of other events; and store a record of the event and the absolute event timestamp in the data store.