Sequential hypothesis testing for Axion Haloscopes
Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability2023-07-19v1Instrumentation and Methods for AstrophysicsHigh Energy Physics - ExperimentHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
The goal of this paper is to introduce a novel likelihood-based inferential framework for axion haloscopes which is valid under the commonly applied "rescanning" protocol. The proposed method enjoys short data acquisition times and a simple tuning of the detector configuration. Local statistical significance and power are computed analytically, avoiding the need of burdensome simulations. Adequate corrections for the look-elsewhere effect are also discussed. The performance of our inferential strategy is compared with that of a simple method which exploits the geometric probability of rescan. Finally, we exemplify the method with an application to a HAYSTAC type axion haloscope.
@article{arxiv.2210.16095,
title = {Sequential hypothesis testing for Axion Haloscopes},
author = {Andrea Gallo Rosso and Sara Algeri and Jan Conrad},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2210.16095},
year = {2023}
}