Mean time between independent events

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Suppose I have two atoms that independently emit alpha particles. I want to find the mean \Delta T for the events. I then want to extend this for 3, 4 etc. atoms however what I'd like to do for more than 3 atoms is find the smallest delta T for any two emissions.

What should I look at to solve this?

Thank you.
 
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