Re: Random Data from Geiger Counter

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William H. Geiger III (whgiii@invweb.net)
Tue, 07 Jul 1998 08:36:48 -0500

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In <199807071230.IAA29073@jekyll.piermont.com>, on 07/07/98
   at 08:30 AM, "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com> said:

>Ben Laurie writes:
>> William H. Geiger III wrote:
>> > - From the little research I have done so far there seem to be no way of
>> > influencing the time between hits in any predictable manner.
>>
>> I'm not convinced this is true: I can't influence the way a sample
>> decays, but surely I can inject my own alpha/beta/gamma particles into
>> the system at predictable moments? I'm not saying this is cheap or easy,
>> but surely possible.

>Yes, but you would probably notice someone bringing a cyclotron or other
>particle accelerator up to your equipment.

Yes, that's about what it would take. Using something like a X-Ray machine
would only increase the rate count but the timmings between counts could
not be controled.

To be honest I doubt that anything ouside of ideal labatory environemnt
could one be able to have any control over the hits and even then it is
questionable.

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