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hep-ex2014
Statistical Issues in Searches for New Physics
Louis Lyons
Given the cost, both financial and even more importantly in terms of human effort, in building High Energy Physics accelerators and detectors and running them, it is important to u…
stat.ME2014★ 3 cited
Testing Hypotheses in Particle Physics: Plots of Versus
Luc Demortier, Louis Lyons
For situations where we are trying to decide which of two hypotheses and provides a better description of some data, we discuss the usefulness of plots of v…
hep-ex2014★ 7 cited
Raster scan or 2-D approach?
Louis Lyons
We consider the relative merits of two different approaches to discovery or exclusion of new phenomena, a raster scan or a 2-dimensional approach.