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As a particle enters the laser beam, an electric signal (pulse) is generated which reaches its maximum when the particle is in the middle of the beam and trails off as the particle leaves the beam. Each pulse with height over a certain threshold is recorded and three quantities are reported: height, area, and width of the pulse.
