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Table 6

Gaussian distribution of the Li & Ma (1983) significance values of the background events derived from the empty-field observations.

Case Reticulum II Tucana II Sculptor
µ σ µ σ µ σ
Case 0 −0.06 1.04 −0.05 1.01 −0.10 1.04
Case 1 −0.11 1.04 −0.08 1.05 −0.15 1.03
Case 2 −0.08 1.04 −0.07 1.06 −0.14 1.03
Case 3 −0.08 1.04 −0.06 1.06 −0.14 1.03
Case 4+ −0.30 1.03 −0.24 1.04 −0.42 1.01
Case 4− 0.15 1.06 0.12 1.07 0.15 1.07

Notes. The mean µ and standard deviation σ are derived from a Gaussian fit to the distribution of the Li & Ma (1983) significance values of the background events. The uncertainties are of the order of 10-4 to 10-5 on all fit parameters.

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