Statistical methods applied to the search of sterile neutrinos

Abstract The frequentist statistical methods applied to search for short-baseline neutrino oscillations induced by a sterile neutrino with mass at the eV scale are reviewed and compared. The comparison is performed under limit setting and signal discovery scenarios, considering both when an oscillat...

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Main Authors: Matteo Agostini, Birgit Neumair
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-08-01
Series:European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1140/epjc/s10052-020-8279-x