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Main Authors: Patchkovskii, S., Mikosch, J.
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.18439
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author Patchkovskii, S.
Mikosch, J.
author_facet Patchkovskii, S.
Mikosch, J.
contents Cumulant mapping has been recently suggested [Frasinski, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 24, 207767 (2022)] as an efficient approach to observing multi-particle fragmentation pathways, while bypassing the restrictions of the usual coincidence-measurement approach. We present a formal analysis of the cumulant-mapping technique in the presence of moderate external noise, which induces spurious correlations between the fragments. Suppression of false-cumulant signal may impose severe restrictions on the stability of the experimental setup and/or the permissible average event rate, which increase with the cumulant order. We demonstrate that cumulant mapping in an imperfect apparatus remains competitive for dominant processes and for pathways with a background-free marker fragment. We further show that the false-cumulant contributions increase faster than linearly with the average event rate, providing a simple test for the experimental data analysis.
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spellingShingle Statistical theory of cumulant mapping in an imperfect apparatus
Patchkovskii, S.
Mikosch, J.
Chemical Physics
Cumulant mapping has been recently suggested [Frasinski, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 24, 207767 (2022)] as an efficient approach to observing multi-particle fragmentation pathways, while bypassing the restrictions of the usual coincidence-measurement approach. We present a formal analysis of the cumulant-mapping technique in the presence of moderate external noise, which induces spurious correlations between the fragments. Suppression of false-cumulant signal may impose severe restrictions on the stability of the experimental setup and/or the permissible average event rate, which increase with the cumulant order. We demonstrate that cumulant mapping in an imperfect apparatus remains competitive for dominant processes and for pathways with a background-free marker fragment. We further show that the false-cumulant contributions increase faster than linearly with the average event rate, providing a simple test for the experimental data analysis.
title Statistical theory of cumulant mapping in an imperfect apparatus
topic Chemical Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.18439