[vsnet-grb-info 23202] SUBJECT: LIGO/Virgo S190808ae: Retraction of GW compact binary merger candidate

[GCN Circulars]

TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  25301
SUBJECT: SUBJECT: LIGO/Virgo S190808ae: Retraction of GW compact binary merger candidate
DATE:    19/08/09 04:03:29 GMT
FROM:    Deep Chatterjee at University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee  <deep at 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.