The format described below is one that is used for essentially all research published in physics, astronomy, and engineering journals. This is the format you should use for your muon paper.
The major sections listed below are usually, but not always, included in an experimental research paper.
Title Pick a descriptive title.
Author List List of authors' names.
Date Date of submission of the paper.
Abstract The abstract is a brief summary of the paper. It is typically one paragraph long, and is a concise summary of what was done and the principal results. It may be assumed that the reader has some knowledge of the subject, but the abstract should be intelligible without reference to the paper. Don't cite sections, tables, or figures in the abstract. The title of the paper is part of the abstract, so the opening sentence should be framed without repetition of the title. Write the abstract after you have written the rest of the paper; then you know what the paper claims to do and does.
Introduction This section introduces the topic of your paper to the reader. It usually includes an historical overview with references to previous work The introduction might include any theoretical calculations or results that you will need later in the paper, althougjh many times detailed theoretical calculations are included in a separate theory section or in an appendix. However, the most important purpose of the introduction is to descri e the objectves of your experiment.
Experimental Setup In this section you describe how the experiment was done and summarize the data taken. One typically describes the instruments and detectors used in this section. Describe the procedure followed to collect the data. If the experiment is complex, the procedure mght be described in a separate section.
Data Collection This is where you include the date you took the data. Put the data in tabular form if appropriate. This section and the Experimental Setup sections can be combined for short papers.
Data Analysis In this section you use the theory developed in the introduction to analyze the data.
Results and Discussion This section is the real meat of the paper. This is where you present and interpret your results. You may wish to break this (or any other section) into subsections if it makes the paper clearer. In this section you should interpret your results in light of theory and other information contained in the Introduction section. This is where you would compare your result with theory or other observations. Describe how the result fits or doesn't fit current models. This could be combined with the Data Analysis section for papers where the data analysis is straightforward.
Conclusion No new information is presented here. Briefly summarize your main results and draw conclusions from them. Do your results confirm or deny current models or theories? If appropriate, suggest observations that might resolve issues your observations weren't able to resolve. Often the abstract and conclusion are the only part of the paper that a casual reader will read.
Acknowlegements Acknowledge those who helped your authors.
Appendices Include an appendix if you wish to derie an important result or describe an aspect of the experiment that isn't appropriate to include in the main part of the text.