2013/03/21 by V. Kulikovskiy, Kulikovskiy, Vladimir
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Electrical Measurement Techniques #Applications (stat.AP) #Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research #FOS: Computer and information sciences #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE) #Microwave and Dielectric Measurement Techniques
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1303.5195
openalex publication_date 2013/03/21 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The measurements with the background estimation from an off-zone are widely used in astrophysics, accelerator physics and other areas. Usually, the expected number of the background events in the off-zone and in the on-zone is known with a limited precision. This fact should be included as a systematic uncertainty. In this note an overview of the statistical methods which estimate the range and the significance of the measured signal is done. The method which includes a systematic uncertainty is developed for the on/off-zone measurements and compared with other existing methods.