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- This follows from our theory of Birth processes. In high energy
physics,
is proportional to
where
BIN is t-bite covered by counter (t the momentum transfer
is a particular kinematic range---not time!).
- The analysis is a straightforward application of maximum
likelihood method:
![](img936.gif)
- (
observed counts,
theory: t---now time!---may
be known or not).
![](img939.gif)
Geoffrey Fox, Northeast Parallel Architectures Center at Syracuse University, gcf@npac.syr.edu