Statistics for Nuclear and Particle Physicists

Klappentext Written by a non-statistician for non-statisticians! the book emphasizes the practical approach to those problems in statistics that arise regularly in data analysis situations in nuclear and high energy physics experiments. Rather than concentrate on proofs and theorems! the author provides an abundance of simple examples that illustrate the general ideas presented. This allows the reader to obtain maximum information in the simplest manner. Possible difficulties with the various techniques! and pitfalls to be avoided! are also discussed. This commonsense approach to statistical formalism enables nuclear physicists to better understand how to do justice to their analysis and interpretation of data. Zusammenfassung Written by a non-statistician for non-statisticians! this book emphasises the practical approach to those problems in statistics which arise regularly in data analysis situations in nuclear and high-energy physics experiments. Based on a series of lectures given to students and staff at Oxford! this approach will enable nuclear physicists to understand better how to do justice to their data. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Experimental errors; 2. Probability and statistics; 3. Distributions; 4. Parameter fitting and hypothesis testing; 5. Detailed examples of fitting procedures; 6. Monte Carlo calculations; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Louis Lyons
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.04.1989
• EAN: 9780521379342
• ISBN: 978-0-521-37934-2
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 229 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Print On Demand; Print on Demand
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Atomic physics, nuclear physics