Particle accelerator to generate random numbers for cryptographic applications

A particle accelerator random number generator system comprising:

• a particle accelerator;
• a particle event detector;
• a processing application which when executed performs the steps of:
• determining a random number strength stored in said processing application;
• initiating said particle accelerator;
• detecting a particle event by said particle event detector;
• recording a binary event from said detected particle event;
• determining if sufficient binary events have been recorded for said determined random number strength;
• if not, return to said step of detecting a particle event;
• if yes, converting said random number binary string to a hexadecimal string;
• applying said hexadecimal string for an encryption key;
• and
• passing, by the processing application, a value indicative of the random number strength back to at least one of a device or process that requested said random number strength.