Title of article :
On the observability of a signal above background
Author/Authors :
Bityukov، نويسنده , , S.I. and Krasnikov، نويسنده , , N.V.، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
Several criteria used by physicists to quantify the ratio of signal to background in planned experiments are compared. An equal probability test is proposed for the evaluation of the uncertainty in planned search experiments.
Keywords :
Monte-Carlo methods , Hypotheses testing , statistics
Journal title :
Astroparticle Physics
