APPLICATION OF A MAXIMUM-LIKELIHOOD CLASSIFIER IN TEV GAMMA-RAY ASTRONOMY

被引：6

作者：

REYNOLDS, PT

WHELAN, D

FEGAN, DJ

HOEY, MJ

机构：

[1] Dept. of Exp. Phys., Univ. Coll. Dublin

来源：

JOURNAL OF PHYSICS G-NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE PHYSICS | 1993年 / 19卷 / 08期

关键词：

D O I：

10.1088/0954-3899/19/8/012

中图分类号：

O57 [原子核物理学、高能物理学];

学科分类号：

070202 ;

摘要：

A maximum-likelihood classifier has been applied to the problem of hadronic background rejection in TeV gamma-ray astronomy. Using data taken during observations of the Crab Nebula by the Whipple Observatory 10m imaging camera, the classifier achieves a background rejection bettered only by neural network and 'Supercuts' rejection techniques. Used in conjunction with these two rejection techniques it attains a level of rejection capability unsurpassed by any analysis technique yet applied to the Crab Nebula database.

引用

页码：1217 / 1231

页数：15

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