用于高统计量中微子振荡实验中小信号分析的计算技术
数据分析、统计与概率
2019-12-05 v2 天体物理仪器与方法
高能物理 - 实验
摘要
当前及下一代极大体积中微子望远镜——收集前所未有的中微子事件数量——可用于探索振荡物理中的细微效应，例如（但不限于）中微子质量顺序。实验对这些效应的灵敏度可通过蒙特卡洛模拟来估计。随着将收集到的大量事件，运行此类模拟的计算开销与所确定值固有的统计不确定性之间存在权衡。在此情形下，使用传统方法（如蒙特卡洛加权）生成并使用规模适当的模拟事件集变得不切实际。本工作中，我们提出一种分阶段生成分箱事件分布的方法，以克服这些挑战。通过结合多种积分与平滑技术来处理模拟中有限的统计量，该方法以适度的计算资源获得了可靠的分析结果。
引用
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journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1803.05390},
year = {2019}
}