The Effect of Non Gaussian Errors on the Determination of Steeply Falling Spectra

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2002-02-08

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0202172v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

11 pages, 5 figures

Scientific paper

The determination of a steeply falling energy spectrum from rare events with non-gaussian measurement errors is a delicate matter. The final shape of the spectrum may be severely distorted as a consequence of non-gaussian tails in the energy resolution of the experiment. We illustrate this effect with the recent experimental efforts to determine the ultra-high energy extreme of the cosmic ray spectrum.

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