University of Cambridge > Talks.cam > HEP phenomenology joint Cavendish-DAMTP seminar > Claim of discoveries based on sigma's

  Browse A-Z

Log in

Cambridge users (raven)details Other usersdetails No account?details

Information on

Subscribing to talksdetails Finding a talkdetails Adding a talkdetails Disseminating talksdetails Help and Documentationdetails

Claim of discoveries based on sigma's

Add to your list(s) Download to your calendar using vCal

If you have a question about this talk, please contact Marco Nardecchia.

Frontier Physics is characterized by investigations at the limit of the detector sensitivity and by the fact that the phenomena searched for are usually ‘mimicked’ by other, less interesting ones (‘background’). In the impossibility of providing firm results, the claims of discovery are accompained by a certain number of sigma’s. Meaning and the misinterpretation related to the ``n-sigma’s’’ will be illustrated, also commenting on recent examples from Particle Physics.

This talk is part of the HEP phenomenology joint Cavendish-DAMTP seminar series.

Tell a friend about this talk:

This talk is included in these lists:

Note that ex-directory lists are not shown.

Other lists

Cambridge University Astronomical Society (CUAS) Babbage Seminar Series Graphene CDT Advanced Technology Lectures Number Theory Study Group: Langlands correspondence The Milner Therapeutics Institute: A new vehicle to facilitate academic/industry interactions in Cambridge Scientific Images Discussion Group

Other talks

Rather more than Thirty-Nine Steps: the life of John Buchan The Deciding Factor - An afternoon talk Reframing African Studies through Languages and Translation: Overcoming Barricades to Knowledge and Knowledge Management Changing languages in European Higher Education: from official policies to unofficial classroom practices
 

© 2006-2024 Talks.cam, University of Cambridge. Contact Us | Help and Documentation | Privacy and Publicity