A global significance evaluation method using simulated events
Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability
2023-12-29 v2 High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract
In High-Energy Physics experiments it is often necessary to evaluate the global statistical significance of apparent resonances observed in invariant mass spectra. One approach to determining significance is to use simulated events to find the probability of a random fluctuation in the background mimicking a real signal. As a high school summer project, we demonstrate a method with Monte Carlo simulated events to evaluate the global significance of a potential resonance with some assumptions. This method for determining significance is general and can be applied, with appropriate modification, to other resonances.
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@article{arxiv.2310.14317,
title = {A global significance evaluation method using simulated events},
author = {Kelly J Yi and Leonard G Spiegel and Zhen Hu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2310.14317},
year = {2023}
}
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7 pages, 3 figures, 1 table