Multiplicative scale uncertainties in the unified approach for constructing confidence intervals

Details Multiplicative scale uncertainties in the unified approach for constructing confidence intervals Multiplicative scale uncertainties in the unified approach for constructing confidence intervals

2008-12-05

arxiv.org/abs/0812.1120v2

Nucl.Instrum.Meth.A604:729-737,2009

Physics

Nuclear Physics

Nuclear Experiment

22 pages, 7 figures, 2 tables

Scientific paper

10.1016/j.nima.2009.03.206

We have investigated how uncertainties in the estimation of the detection efficiency affect the 90% confidence intervals in the unified approach for constructing confidence intervals. The study has been conducted for experiments where the number of detected events is large and can be described by a Gaussian probability density function. We also assume the detection efficiency has a Gaussian probability density and study the range of the relative uncertainties $\sigma_\epsilon$ between 0 and 30%. We find that the confidence intervals provide proper coverage over a wide signal range and increase smoothly and continuously from the intervals that ignore scale uncertainties with a quadratic dependence on $\sigma_\epsilon$.

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