https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-020-8115-3
Regular Article - Theoretical Physics
Alternative to the application of PDG scale factors
1
Departamento de Física Teórica, Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 04510, Mexico, Mexico
2
PRISMA+ Cluster of Excellence and Helmholtz Institute Mainz, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, 55099, Mainz, Germany
* e-mail: erler@fisica.unam.mx
Received:
16
April
2020
Accepted:
3
June
2020
Published online:
16
June
2020
The Particle Data Group recommends a set of procedures to be applied when discrepant data are to be combined. We introduce an alternative method based on a more general and solid statistical framework, providing a robust way to include possible unknown systematic effects interfering with experimental measurements or their theoretical interpretation. The limit of large data sets and practical cases of interest are discussed in detail.
© The Author(s), 2020
