[vsnet-grb-info 22492] LIGO/Virgo S190518bb: Retraction of GW compact binary merger candidate

[GCN Circulars]

TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  24591
SUBJECT: LIGO/Virgo S190518bb: Retraction of GW compact binary merger candidate
DATE:    19/05/18 20:08:37 GMT
FROM:    Geoffrey Mo at LIGO  <geoffrey.mo at ligo.org>

 The LIGO Scientific Collaboration and the Virgo Collaboration report:

The trigger S190518bb is no longer considered to be a gravitational
wave signal.

The data in LIGO-Hanford was highly non-stationary leading up to the
reported trigger time.