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Searching for new physics with profile likelihoods: Wilks and beyond
Sara Algeri, Jelle Aalbers, Knut Dundas Morå +1
Particle physics experiments use likelihood ratio tests extensively to compare hypotheses and to construct confidence intervals. Often, the null distribution of the likelihood rati…
physics.data-an2019★ 8 cited
Detecting new signals under background mismodelling
Sara Algeri
Searches for new astrophysical phenomena often involve several sources of non-random uncertainties which can lead to highly misleading results. Among these, model-uncertainty arisi…