Random Numbers from Astronomical Imaging

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2004-08-16

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0408281v1

Publ.Astron.Soc.Austral.22:1-5,2005

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

9 pages, 3 figures, accepted for publication in PASA

Scientific paper

10.1071/AS04043

This article describes a method to turn astronomical imaging into a random number generator by using the positions of incident cosmic rays and hot pixels to generate bit streams. We subject the resultant bit streams to a battery of standard benchmark statistical tests for randomness and show that these bit streams are statistically the same as a perfect random bit stream. Strategies for improving and building upon this method are outlined.

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