high signal to noise ratio

n=1


a: high signal to noise ratio ~
b: smooth ocean on a windless day

What:

"A high signal-to-noise ratio is like the smooth ocean on a windless day, it's easy to see small objects in the water. COSY is a quite sensitive experiment, similar in ..."

and

a low signal to noise ration is like a duck on a sea with large swells. The swells are very large and make difficult to see the duck.


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Writer: Neil E. Jacobsen
LCC: Q
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Date: Nov 4 2017 10:58 AM



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