The signal estimator limit setting method

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 462, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 561-567

  Jin, Shan ^a,b   McNamara, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Limit setting; Small signals

Indexed keywords

HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; STATISTICS;

SIGNAL ESTIMATOR LIMIT SETTING METHOD;

PARTICLE DETECTORS;

EID: 0035925972     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(00)01312-7     Document Type: Article

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