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Extract Signals by Fitting $\chi^2$ Distribution of the Kinematic Fit

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

In measuring the \psip\psip radiative decays at BESII, contribution of the background is serious in most of the final states. To extract the number of signal events, a fit to the χ2\chi^2 distribution of kinematic fit using signal and background components is proposed. Extensive Monte-Carlo simulations (MCS) are performed, and the results show that the shape of χ2\chi^2 distribution of the signal channel looks different from those of the background channels, thus it provides us by fitting the χ2\chi^2 distribution of the data to extract the number of signal events. An input-output test is performed using MCS, and the uncertainty of the fit method is found to be less than 2%.

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@article{arxiv.physics/0608213,
  title  = {Extract Signals by Fitting $\chi^2$ Distribution of the Kinematic Fit},
  author = {Ping Rong-Gang and Mo Xiao-Hu and Du Shu-Xian and Liu Jing and Ma Lian-Liang and Shen Cheng-Ping and Wang Zhi-Yong and Yuan Chang-Zheng},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0608213},
  year   = {2007}
}

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3 pages, 2 figures