2–7 Jan 2016
Skeikampen, Norway
Europe/Oslo timezone

Trials factors and the significance of the diphoton mass peaks at 750 GeV seen by ATLAS and CMS in the 2015 data

4 Jan 2016, 18:45
20m
Skeikampen, Norway

Skeikampen, Norway

Hotellvegen 3, 2652 Svingvoll, Norway

Speaker

Alexander Lincoln Read (University of Oslo (NO))

Description

Both ATLAS and CMS observed small deviations from the background expectation at 750 GeV in the diphoton mass spectrum of the proton-proton collision data collected during 2015. The calculation of the trials factors that account for the look - elsewhere effect will be discussed as will a "hallway-statistics" combination of the results.

Presentation materials