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GCN Circular 25301

Subject
SUBJECT: LIGO/Virgo S190808ae: Retraction of GW compact binary merger candidate
Date
2019-08-09T04:03:29Z (6 years ago)
From
Deep Chatterjee at University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee <deep@uwm.edu>
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration and the Virgo Collaboration report:

The trigger S190808ae (GCN Circular 25296) is no longer considered to
be a gravitational wave signal.

Further analysis after removing instrumental artifacts resulted in
the candidate no longer passing our threshold for a public alert.
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