The Signal Estimator Limit Setting Method
Abstract
Description
A new method of background subtraction is presented which uses the concept of a signal estimator to construct a confidence level which is always conservative and which is never better than e^-s. The new method yields stronger exclusions than the Bayesian method with a flat prior distribution.
7 pages, 2 figures, submitted to NIM
7 pages, 2 figures, submitted to NIM