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Statistical Methods for Data Analysis in Particle Physics - Luca Lista

Statistical Methods for Data Analysis in Particle Physics

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Buch | Softcover
XVI, 257 Seiten
2017 | 2nd ed. 2017
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-62839-4 (ISBN)
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This concise set of course-based notes provides the reader with the main concepts and tools needed to perform statistical analyses of experimental data, in particular in the field of high-energy physics (HEP).

First, the book provides an introduction to probability theory and basic statistics, mainly intended as a refresher from readers' advanced undergraduate studies, but also to help them clearly distinguish between the Frequentist and Bayesian approaches and interpretations in subsequent applications. More advanced concepts and applications are gradually introduced, culminating in the chapter on both discoveries and upper limits, as many applications in HEP concern hypothesis testing, where the main goal is often to provide better and better limits so as to eventually be able to distinguish between competing hypotheses, or to rule out some of them altogether.

Many worked-out examples will help newcomers to the field and graduate students alike understand the pitfalls involved in applying theoretical concepts to actual data.

This new second edition significantly expands on the original material, with more background content (e.g. the Markov Chain Monte Carlo method, best linear unbiased estimator), applications (unfolding and regularization procedures, control regions and simultaneous fits, machine learning concepts) and examples (e.g. look-elsewhere effect calculation).



Luca Lista works on the CMS experiment at CERN's Large Hadron Collider, specifically on the search for dark matter and on top-quark physics. He has been involved in testing the Standard Model of particle physics and in the search for the Higgs boson. 

Preface.- Probability theory.- Probability Distribution Functions.- Bayesian Approach to Probability.- Random Numbers and Monte Carlo Methods.- Parameter Estimate.- Combining Measurements.- Confidence Intervals.- Convolution and Unfolding.- Hypothesis Tests.- Discoveries and Upper Limits.- Index.

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Lecture Notes in Physics
Zusatzinfo XVI, 257 p. 101 illus., 97 illus. in color.
Verlagsort Cham
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 235 mm
Gewicht 422 g
Themenwelt Mathematik / Informatik Mathematik Statistik
Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Atom- / Kern- / Molekularphysik
Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Hochenergiephysik / Teilchenphysik
Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Quantenphysik
Schlagworte Bayesian Versus Frequentist Probability Theory • Data Analysis in High Energy Physics • Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory • Experimental Particle Physics and Data Analysis • Hypothesis Testing and Discovery-based Science • Look-elsewhere effect • Measurement Science and Instrumentation • Modified Frequentist Approach • Parameter Estimation and Uncertainties • Physics • Physics and Astronomy • probability & statistics • Probability & statistics • Quantum physics (quantum mechanics & quantum field • Quantum physics (quantum mechanics & quantum field • Science: general issues • Scientific standards, measurement etc • Statistics for Engineering, Physics, Computer Scie • Statistics Textbook for Particle Physics
ISBN-10 3-319-62839-9 / 3319628399
ISBN-13 978-3-319-62839-4 / 9783319628394
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