Reference analysis of the signal + background model in counting experiments

Details Reference analysis of the signal + background model in counting experiments Reference analysis of the signal + background model in counting experiments

2011-08-22

arxiv.org/abs/1108.4270v5

JINST 7 (2012) P01012

Physics

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability

Scientific paper

10.1088/1748-0221/7/01/P01012

The model representing two independent Poisson processes, labelled as "signal" and "background" and both contributing at the same time to the total number of counted events, is considered from a Bayesian point of view. This is a widely used model for the searches of rare or exotic events in presence of some background source, as for example in the searches performed by the high-energy physics experiments. In the assumption of some prior knowledge about the background yield, a reference prior is obtained for the signal alone and its properties are studied. Finally, the properties of the full solution, the marginal reference posterior, are illustrated with few examples.

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