Tests of dms Sensitivity

Last Update: 10-Mar-06

Index

  1. Generator Files
  2. toy Mc Inputs
  3. Data ToyMC Comparison of σ_fit(A)
  4. "Luckiness" Factor
  5. Average logL Distributions
  6. Single Experiment logL Distributions


Main Toy MC Inputs

Parameter Value
Full Details here
Experiments 1000 generated
Events / Exp 800
Dilution 0.44 (constant)
Lxy Smearing 2 Gaussian
o σ_1 = σ(evt)
o σ_2 = 0.03 cm
o f_1 = 0.78
Fractions o f(Bs --> Ds mu nu) = 0.679
o f(Bd --> Ds D X) = 0.271
o f(prompt) = 0.051


Comparison of Ampl Fit Errors

Compare the average errors found on the fitted amplitude at various values of Δms between Sergey's fits in the data and the ToyMC. Note: the input values of the ToyMC above were tuned to achieve this level of agreement.

dms σ(A(dms)) - Data <σ(A(dms))> - ToyMC
14 ps-1 0.569 0.727 (10 exps)
19 ps-1 1.067 1.053 (1000 exps)
25 ps-1 1.920 1.558 (10 exps)


Measures of Luckiness

Question: "Luckiness" is estimated by answering the following question.

Answer:

In 1000 ToyMC experiments, described above, 228 (22.8%) have A(19)fit > 1.755.

Below is a plot of the distribution of fitted amplitudes for the 1000 experiments. More details are available here.


Average logL Distributions

Question: Is our logL vs. Δms (particularly the width of the minimum) consistent with expectation.

Answer:

In 100 Toy MC experiments, for each experiment

Plotted below (top plot) is the average ± rms values of ΔlogL vs. dms. In the bottom plot, the distribution of dms(min) values is plotted. The mean of this distribution is (more details here): In the figure below, the dashed line corresponds to 95% CL and the dotted line is 90% CL.

Comments:

  1. This plot again shows that we are lucky to observe a 95% CL signal, however, the region 16-23 fits easily within the spread in ΔlogL values observed.
  2. The plateau in logL plot occurs at approximately the same place as in data (~25 in the ToyMC, ~23 in data).


Single Experiment logL Distributions

Question: For those ToyMC experiments that observe a 95% CL signal, is the width of the logL curve consistent with that in data?

Answer: in progress...