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2017ApJ...836..196A - Astrophys. J., 836, 196-196 (2017/February-3)

On integral upper limits assuming power-law spectra and the sensitivity in high-energy astronomy.

AHNEN M.L.

Abstract (from CDS):

The high-energy non-thermal universe is dominated by power-law-like spectra. Therefore, results in high-energy astronomy are often reported as parameters of power-law fits, or, in the case of a non-detection, as an upper limit assuming the underlying unseen spectrum behaves as a power law. In this paper, I demonstrate a simple and powerful one-to-one relation of the integral upper limit in the two-dimensional power-law parameter space into the spectrum parameter space and use this method to unravel the so-far convoluted question of the sensitivity of astroparticle telescopes.

Abstract Copyright: © 2017. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.

Journal keyword(s): gamma rays: general - methods: statistical - methods: statistical

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