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 . <EOS>