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Setup
In this experiment, the detector's battery was fully charged and the detector was run on battery power until the battery was depleted.
The detector was run in coincidence mode with a heading of N54W. All data points were recorded at one-minute intervals (note that the detection of cosmic particles is always cumulative and not instantaneous regardless of the interval of measurement).
Results - Rate as a function of Time
Results - Rate as a function of Time
The detector's battery died after approximately 18 hours of testing.
The data collected before the point of battery failure shows that even though at certain times there may be increases or decreases in the rate of detection, there is a very distinct collection of data points towards the middle of the set.
This spread, (excluding the points during and after the battery's failure) with a dense center that thins as the distance from the center increases, is a good example of normal statistical distribution.
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