#---------------------------------------------------------------- # rescaled likelihood ("{\cal R}") in the case of background # -> added sensitivity bound # # GdA, May 2016 #----------------------------------------------------------------- x <- 1 T <- 1 rb <- 1 Rr <- function(r, x, T, rb) exp(-r*T)*(1+r/rb)^x r <- 10^seq(-4, 1.5, len=201) plot(r, Rr(r, x, rb, T), ty='l', col='blue', log='xy', ylim=c(1e-3, max( Rr(r, x, rb, T))) ) Rb <- 0.05 abline(h=Rb, lty=2, col='blue') sb <- optimise(f=function(r) abs(Rr(r, x, T, rb) - Rb), range(r) )$minimum abline(v=sb, lty=2, col='blue') title(sprintf("Sensitivity Bound: %.1e", sb))