New Publication

New GW group publication

Searches for mass-asymmetric compact binary coalescence events using neural networks in the LIGO/Virgo third observation period by M. Andrés-Carcasona, A. Menéndez-Vázquez, M. Martínez, and Ll. M. Mir has been published by Phys.Rev.D

The paper presents the results of the search for the coalescence of compact binary mergers with very asymmetric mass configurations using convolutional neural networks and the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory/Virgo data for the third observation period (O3).

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