1998/11/30 by S. I. Bityukov, S. I. BITYUKOV, N. V. Krasnikov +1 · 4 citations
Computer Science · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #Computational Physics and Python Applications #Earth Systems and Cosmic Evolution #Energy (signal processing) #Limit (mathematics) #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Physics beyond the Standard Model #Probability and statistics #SIGNAL (programming language) #Supersymmetry #hep-ex #hep-ph #physics.data-an
paper · pdf · doi:10.1142/s0217732398003442
1 latex files (22 pages), 3 eps files (figures), introduced normalized kappa, added comments to ref.[9]
openalex publication_date 1998/12/28 · arxiv created 1999/01/05 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We propose a method to estimate the probability of new physics discovery in future high energy physics experiments. Physics simulation gives both the average numbers <N b > of background and <N s > of signal events. We find that the proper definition of the significance for <N b >, <N s > ≫ 1 is [Formula: see text] in comparison with often used significances: [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text]. We propose a method of taking into account the systematical errors related to nonexact knowledge of background and signal cross-sections. An account of such systematics is essential in the search for supersymmetry at LHC. We also propose a method for estimating exclusion limits on new physics in future experiments.