Statistics for Searches at the LHC
High Energy Physics - Experiment
2013-07-10 v1 Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability
Abstract
These lectures describe several topics in statistical data analysis as used in High Energy Physics. They focus on areas most relevant to analyses at the LHC that search for new physical phenomena, including statistical tests for discovery and exclusion limits. Particular attention is payed to the treatment of systematic uncertainties through nuisance parameters.
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Cite
@article{arxiv.1307.2487,
title = {Statistics for Searches at the LHC},
author = {Glen Cowan},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1307.2487},
year = {2013}
}
Comments
Lectures presented at the 69th Scottish Universities Summer School in Physics, St.~Andrews, August-September 2012