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Fluctuations in each receptor

If F is the average expected photon count in each receptor, what are the typical sizes of the random fluctuations in the actual number received? Express your result in two ways, first in terms of the quantity F and then in terms of numerical values and the unknown constant E.



Prof. Tomas Alberto Arias
Fri Feb 9 14:03:37 EST 1996