
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Bulmer, Michael 
A1  - Pimbblet, Kevin A. 
T1  - Random Numbers from Astronomical Imaging
JF  - Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
JO  - Publ. Astron. Soc.  Aust.
Y1  - 2005
VL  - 22
IS  - 1
SP  - 1
EP  - 5
KW  - methods: statistical &#8212; techniques: image processing &#8212; techniques: miscellaneous
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/AS04043 
N2  - 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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