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Open statistical issues in particle physics

Applications 2008-11-12 v1

Abstract

Many statistical issues arise in the analysis of Particle Physics experiments. We give a brief introduction to Particle Physics, before describing the techniques used by Particle Physicists for dealing with statistical problems, and also some of the open statistical questions.

Cite

@article{arxiv.0811.1663,
  title  = {Open statistical issues in particle physics},
  author = {Louis Lyons},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0811.1663},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

Published in at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/08-AOAS163 the Annals of Applied Statistics (http://www.imstat.org/aoas/) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org)

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