BUGFIX: make sure symmetric mass ratio < 1 / 4

e1876acc · Colm Talbot · e73045f8 · e1876acc
Commit e1876acc authored 2 years ago by Colm Talbot
--- 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):