Published March 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

Timing the random and anomalous arrival of particles in a Geiger counter with GPS devices

  • 1. INFN and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Catania, Via S Sofia 64, I95123 Catania (Italy)

Description

The properties of the arrival time distribution of particles in a detector have been studied by the use of a small Geiger counter, with a GPS device to tag the event time. The experiment is intended to check the basic properties of the random arrival time distribution between successive events and to simulate the investigations carried out by professional cosmic ray experiments in the search for anomalous bursts of events

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0143-0807/29/2/016

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/0143-0807/29/2/016;
PII
S0143-0807(08)60166-X;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
European Journal of Physics
Journal Volume
29
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. 355-368
ISSN
0143-0807
CODEN
EJPHD4

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
40016264
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
COSMIC RADIATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EQUIPMENT; GEIGER-MUELLER COUNTERS; RANDOMNESS
Descriptors DEC
IONIZING RADIATIONS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIATIONS