Title: Exploring Use of NR Waveforms in Burst Analyses of BBH Mergers
Authors Cadonati, Chatterji, Fischetti, Herrmann, Mohapatra, Shoemaker

Gravitational wave ground-based detectors and numerical-source codes are 
individually performing at a top-notch level.   We explore the added benefit to 
the detection and understanding of gravitational wave sources made possible by 
joining the expertise of numericists and analysists in addressing the question 
of what is the most effective role for NR waveforms in the detection and 
characterization of binary black hole coalescences.  We present a study of 
detection systematics using waveforms produced by the MayaKranc code that are 
added to colored, gaussian noise and analyzed with the unmodeled burst search 
algorithm Omega (also used in LIGO-Virgo burst searches).  Detection efficiency 
and parameter accuracy are systematically weighted against parameters such as 
spin and mass ratio as well as numerical details such as waveform accuracy, the 
number of included modes and extraction radius.   These detection systematics 
are mapped to numerical and physical choices in NR to determine the effectivess 
of numerical waveforms in burst analysis.