16–22 Jul 2009
Kraków, Poland
Europe/Warsaw timezone

Statistical issues for Higgs and new physics searches

16 Jul 2009, 11:00
20m
Large Lecture - Hall B (Kraków, Poland)

Large Lecture - Hall B

Kraków, Poland

The Auditorium Maximum of the Jagiellonian University 33 Krupnicza Street 31-123 Kraków
Higgs and New Physics III. Higgs and New Physics

Speakers

Prof. Eilam Gross (Weizmann Institute of Science)Dr Eilam Gross (Weizmann Institute)

Description

How should we interpret discovery sensitivity plots and exclusion plots? What are the expected limits vs the actual ones? Was the look elsewhere effect taken into account? Why do Bayesian and frequentist approaches sometimes give very different answers? In a short review we will try to answer these and other questions that some of us wanted to ask but wouldn't dare.

Primary author

Dr Eilam Gross (Weizmann Institute)

Presentation materials