Muon Galaxy – extending Galaxy for muon science

Muon spectroscopy is used primarily in condensed matter and molecular studies to investigate magnetism and hydrogen behaviour on the atomic scale. Beam time for such experiments is limited, however, as muon facilities are rare. Theoretical muon simulations help to guide experimental study, and can provide additional information that cannot be gained experimentally. The Muon Spectroscopy Computational Project (MSCP) at the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) develops software and methods to make theoretical muon science easier. We are currently extending Galaxy to create a graphical interface to our collection of command-line tools, known as pymuon-suite . We present our suite of tools, our plans for a ‘Muon Galaxy’ instance at STFC, and our ambitions to incorporate an interactive molecule visualiser ( crystvis-js ) with both input and output into our Galaxy tools.