sFit: a method for background subtraction in maximum likelihood fit

Details sFit: a method for background subtraction in maximum likelihood fit sFit: a method for background subtraction in maximum likelihood fit

2009-05-06

arxiv.org/abs/0905.0724v1

Physics

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability

8 pages

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This paper presents a statistical method to subtract background in maximum likelihood fit, without relying on any separate sideband or simulation for background modeling. The method, called sFit, is an extension to the sPlot technique originally developed to reconstruct true distribution for each date component. The sWeights defined for the sPlot technique allow to construct a modified likelihood function using only the signal probability density function and events in the signal region. Contribution of background events in the signal region to the likelihood function cancels out on a statistical basis. Maximizing this likelihood function leads to unbiased estimates of the fit parameters in the signal probability density function.

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