Extracting signal limits from samples with multiple independent backgrounds

Authors
de Almeida, FML do Vale, MAB
Citation
Fml. De Almeida et Mab. Do Vale, Extracting signal limits from samples with multiple independent backgrounds, NUCL INST A, 438(2-3), 1999, pp. 511-522
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Spectroscopy /Instrumentation/Analytical Sciences","Instrumentation & Measurement
Journal title
NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT
ISSN journal
01689002 → ACNP
Volume
438
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1999
Pages
511 - 522
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(199912)438:2-3<511:ESLFSW>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
We discuss how the Bayes method can be used to extract signal information i n counting experiments when the measured quantities are contaminated with b ackground contributions from different channels estimated by Monte Carlo ev ents, taking into account statistical fluctuations of these backgrounds. (C ) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.