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\subsection{Mass
Estimates} Estimates}\label{sec:mass}
For the sake of sampling efficiency, it is common to reparameterize the model to reduce the degeneracy between parameters, particularly those specifying the binary's masses. All analyses assume uniform priors in component masses between $0.6~\mathrm{M}_\odot$ and $5.0~\mathrm{M}_\odot$. GW detectors are most sensitive to the \emph{chirp mass} $\mathcal{M}_\mathrm{c} = (m_1 m_2)^{3/5} (m_1 + m_2)^{-1/5}$. We use the asymmetric mass ratio $q = m_2/m_1$, where $0 < q \leq 1$, as the second mass parameter. Detectors are much less sensitive to the mass ratio, and strong degeneracies with spin make constraints on $q$ even worse \citep{Cutler_1994}. It is primarily the uncertainty in $q$ that governs the uncertainty in component masses $m_1$ and $m_2$.