Open statistical issues in Particle Physics

2008/09/01 by Louis Lyons
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Quantum and Classical Electrodynamics #stat.AP

paper · pdf · doi:10.1214/08-aoas163

published as Annals of Applied Statistics 2008, Vol. 2, No. 3, 887-915 · Published in at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/08-AOAS163 the Annals of Applied Statistics (http://www.imstat.org/aoas/) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org)

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Abstract

Many statistical issues arise in the analysis of Particle Physics experiments. We give a brief introduction to Particle Physics, before describing the techniques used by Particle Physicists for dealing with statistical problems, and also some of the open statistical questions.

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