Metric Assisted Sampling (MASS) search for gravitational waves from binary black hole mergers

We present a novel gravitational wave detection algorithm that conducts a hierarchical matched filter search across the compact binary parameter space rather than relying on a fixed bank of template waveforms. This technique is competitive with standard template-bank-driven pipelines in both computational cost and sensitivity. However, the complexity of the analysis is simpler allowing for easy configuration and horizontal scaling across heterogeneous grids of computers.