A conceptual issue on the statistical determination of the neutrino velocity
Abstract
We discuss a conceptual issue concerning the neutrino velocity measurement, in connection with the statistical method employed by the OPERA collaboration for the inference of the neutrino time of flight. We expound the theoretical framework that underlies the delicate statistical procedure illustrating its salient aspects. In particular, we show that the order of the two operations of sum and normalization used to combine the single waveforms so as to build the global PDF is a crucial point. We also illustrate how a consistency check able to test the correctness of the PDF-composing procedure should be designed.
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@article{arxiv.1110.3783,
title = {A conceptual issue on the statistical determination of the neutrino velocity},
author = {Antonio Palazzo},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1110.3783},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
12 pages, 2 figures, discussion enlarged and divided in seven sections; matches version accepted for publication in NIMA (Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A)