Published August 1, 2011
| Version v1
Journal article
A Bayesian approach to evaluate confidence intervals in counting experiments with background
Creators
- 1. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari, Via Orabona 4, I-70125 Bari (Italy)
- 2. Dipartimento di Fisica 'M. Merlin' dell'Universita degli Studi di Bari, Via Amendola 173, I-70126 Bari (Italy)
Description
In this paper we propose a procedure to evaluate Bayesian confidence intervals in counting experiments where both signal and background fluctuations are described by the Poisson statistics. The results obtained when the method is applied to the calculation of upper limits will also be illustrated.
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2011.05.023Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.nima.2011.05.023;
- arXiv
- arXiv:1105.3041v1;
- PII
- S0168-9002(11)00897-7;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
- Journal Volume
- 646
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Journal Page Range
- p. 167-173
- ISSN
- 0168-9002
- CODEN
- NIMAER
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 43055700
- Subject category
- S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
- Descriptors DEI
- DATA COVARIANCES; FLUCTUATIONS; SIGNALS; STATISTICS
- Descriptors DEC
- MATHEMATICS; VARIATIONS
Optional Information
- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2011 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.