From signal to observables

This lecture covers the comparison of detectors' types, counting statistics, error prediction, and making sense of data. It delves into gaseous detector types, scintillator types, and semiconductor detectors, emphasizing their characteristics, typical radiation detected, and applications. The lecture also explores the importance of uncertainty estimation in measurements, glossary of terms related to counting statistics, and statistical tests for counting. It discusses critical limits, detection limits, confidence intervals, and the significance of different statistical interpretations. The optimization of experiments, statistical tests for counting, and the difference between detection and critical limits are also addressed.