Statistical Errors in the Measurement of Particle Thresholds
High Energy Physics - Experiment
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
Simple rules of thumb are derived for the precision with which s-wave and p-wave thresholds can be determined by a series of equally spaced cross section mesasurements near threshold. Backgrounds and beam spreads are ignored.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-ex/0110070,
title = {Statistical Errors in the Measurement of Particle Thresholds},
author = {Robert N. Cahn},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ex/0110070},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
3 pages, 2 figures