Conference

55th Rencontres de Moriond 2021

The GW group at IFAE is giving 2 presentations in the 55th Rencontres de Moriond 2021: Gravitation.

  • Implications for first-order cosmological phase transitions from the third LIGO-Virgo observing run, by Alba Romero,
  • Searches for Compact Binary Coalescence Events using Neural Networks in LIGO/Virgo Second Observation Period, by Alexis Menendez.
Aerial view of Virgo

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