Conference

The IFAE GW group at the American Physics Society Meeting

April 21, 2021

Gravitational Waves Group

The IFAE GW group contributed 3 talks to the April APS meeting 2021 (April 17-20)

  • Alexis Menendez, “Searches for Compact Binary Coalescence Events using Neural Networks in LIGO/Virgo Second Observation Period”
  • Alba Romero, “Determination of the light exposure on the photodiodes of a new instrumented baffle for the Virgo input mode cleaner end-mirror.”
  • Christos Karathanasis, “Gravitational wave friction in light of GW170817 and GW190521”

Link to meeting website

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