Cascaded Poisson processes

We investigate the counting statistics for stationary and nonstationary cascaded Poisson processes. A simple equation is obtained for the variance‐to‐mean ratio in the limit of long counting times. Explicit expressions for the forward‐recurrence and inter‐event‐time probability density functions are also obtained. The results are expected to be of use in a number of areas of physics.

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