Statistical analysis of detection of, and upper limits on, dark matter lines

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Jul 2007

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THE FIRST GLAST SYMPOSIUM. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 921, pp. 586-587 (2007).

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Dark Matter, X- And Gamma-Ray Telescopes And Instrumentation

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In this note we present calculations of coverage and power for three different methods which could be used to calculate upper limits and/or claim discovery in a GLAST-LAT search for a dark matter line. The methods considered are Profile Likelihood, Bayesian factors and likelihood ratio confidence intervals and the calculations are done considering a simple benchmark model of two uncorrelated Poissonian measurements. Profile likelihood has the best coverage properties, the standard χ2 test the worst. For the power, the situation is vice-versa. In choosing a method one has to consider the false detection rate (1 - coverage) and counterweigh it to the possible achievable power.

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