Practical Statistics for High Energy Physics

Authors

  • E. Gross

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23730/CYRSP-2018-003.199

Keywords:

CERN report, ESHEP, statistics, Look Elsewhere Effect, CLs, Asimov, Data Analysis.

Abstract

In these lecture notes the frequentist methods used in the Higgs search, discovery and measurement are reviewed.   The idea is that the reader will be able to understand what lies beneath the surface of the results and the plots shown in the experiments publications. Though the results shown are mainly from ATLAS and CMS, the methods and the lessons can be propagated to other fields such as Astro-Particles and fixed target experiments.

Author Biography

E. Gross

Professor of Particle Physics, Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Physics, Rehovot

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Published

2018-12-20

Issue

Vol. 3 (2018): Proceedings of the 2017 European School of High-Energy Physics

Section

Submission to the proceedings of ESHEP2017

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