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The distribution of the arrival time of random events in a particle detector is here discussed and practical examples are given to compare the experimental distribution of the time differences between successive events, as measured with a Geiger counter by the internal clock of an Arduino board, with the expected theoretical distribution.
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Riggi, F. (2024). Time Distribution of the Events. In: Educational and Amateur Geiger Counter Experiments. UNITEXT for Physics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-56960-9_19
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