2013/2014

2014/2015

DM270

FIS/01 (EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS)

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS

FISICA NUCLEARE E SUBNUCLEARE

2°

1st semester (13/10/2014 - 23/01/2015)

6

48 lesson hours

ITALIAN

ORAL TEST

PEDRONI PAOLO (titolare) - 6 ECTS

Basic notions of statistics and probability theory.

Learning of the main statistical methods used in all the different physics disciplines for the interpretation, the simulation and the prediction of experimental data.

Topics covered include: Multidimensional random variables and functions of random variables; Basic statistics (confidence intervals; estimates of probabilities; population mean and variance, correlation coefficients); Detailed treatment of the Monte Carlo methods with a discussion of its basic principles and first applications; Maximum likelihood method applied parameter estimation and hypothesis testing; Least squares method and its application to minimization (best-fit) algorithms.

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L.Lyons, Statistics for Nuclear and Particle Physcists (Cambridge University Press, 1986)
A. Papoulis, Probability and Statistics, (Prentice Hal 1990)
G.Cowan, Statistical Data analysis, (Oxford University Press 2002)
F. James, Statistical Methods in Experimental Physics (World Scientific, 2006)

Oral examination. For the examination it is recommended to focus on the conceptual and logical aspects of the covered topics and not on a detailed study of the mathematical derivations.

Oral examination. For the examination it is recommended to focus on the conceptual and logical aspects of the covered topics and not on a detailed study of the mathematical derivations.