From e1876accd22b813dd2ded2dc29c4ead5cc4bd8ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Colm Talbot <colm.talbot@ligo.org>
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2022 13:07:42 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] BUGFIX: make sure symmetric mass ratio < 1 / 4
---
bilby/gw/conversion.py | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/bilby/gw/conversion.py b/bilby/gw/conversion.py
index 3d207e483..3b3b255b3 100644
--- a/bilby/gw/conversion.py
+++ b/bilby/gw/conversion.py
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ def component_masses_to_symmetric_mass_ratio(mass_1, mass_2):
Symmetric mass ratio of the binary
"""
- return (mass_1 * mass_2) / (mass_1 + mass_2) ** 2
+ return np.minimum((mass_1 * mass_2) / (mass_1 + mass_2) ** 2, 1 / 4)
def component_masses_to_mass_ratio(mass_1, mass_2):
--
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