Calculation of Cross Section Upper Limits Combining Channels Incorporating Correlated and Uncorrelated Systematic Uncertainties
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A common problem arising in new particle search experiments is to determine upper limits on a signal cross section, combining more than one channel (for example e and μ) and incorporating the effects of systematic errors, which may or may not be correlated across channels. This note describes a Bayesian procedure for performing such a calculation.
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