Speaker
Tommaso Dorigo
(University of Padova & INFN Padova)
Description
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. The p < 0.000029% criterion used in HEP and astro-HEP does not appear adequate to cover all experimental situations. The seminar will start with a short history of anomalies found in HEP data and their resolution, and then focus on the statistical problem of defining a proper discovery level for new phenomena and on the non-trivial issues it entails. The seminar will be in part based on this recent article: [Extraordinary claims: the 0.000029% solution](http://www.epj-conferences.org/articles/epjconf/pdf/2015/14/epjconf_icnfp2014_02003.pdf)
Primary author
Tommaso Dorigo
(University of Padova and INFN Padova)
