Geiger counter

[ciphergoth]

I don't suppose anyone out there has access to a radioactive source and a Geiger counter connected to a computer? I need some raw data on Geiger counter pulse recovery...

Comments

[aidan-skinner.livejournal.com]

Your local high school physics department probably has such equipment. Unfortunately the computer is likely to be a BBC, but hey... ;)

[mhw.livejournal.com]

Darn. I'm sure someone out there on the net has a /dev/geiger for gettnig random number seeds.... but where. I can't remember...

[lovingboth]

John Walker? His site's a 'come for one thing, stay for hours' place that includes something very like this.

[ciphergoth.livejournal.com]

I've exchanged some email with him already about data from HotBits -

http://www.fourmilab.ch/hotbits/

- he's sent me some data, but I don't know if he's up for collecting the data I need...

[mhw.livejournal.com]

That's the ones!

[mortice.livejournal.com]

I don't suppose anyone out there has access to...

No, I don't!

Hmm... not very useful I guess...

(old 'Life of Brian' gag, I think)

[jhg.livejournal.com]

No, it's from The Black Adder (series one) Witch Smeller Pursuivant episode.


J

[mortice.livejournal.com]

Aww, I knew someone would catch me out on that one.

Please explain

[pavlos.livejournal.com]

Are you looking for some secret random data or trying to determine experimentally some property of Geiger counter signals. If it's the latter, I don't see what property you might be after that would not be in a physics textbook and yet would apply to all Geiger counters.

Pavlos

Re: Please explain

[ciphergoth.livejournal.com]

The latter, in pursuit of the former. At the moment I'm at a stage where knowing experimentally the properties of even one Geiger counter would be very helpful.