Gravitational wave un-modeled searches and astrophysical signatures
Laura Cadonati, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

As the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) enters its 
Enhanced and Advanced era, a growing network of collaborations between 
gravitational wave experiments, numerical relativity, astronomy and particle 
physics is taking shape. In this talk I will discuss the implications of such 
collaborations, in the context of un-modeled searches for gravitational waves. 
Un-modeled searches are designed to sift through data from multiple detectors 
for gravitational wave transients with minimal assumptions on the signal. I will
review the challenges and advantages of these searches, with focus on the 
coalescence of compact objects and on core collapse supernovae. In particular, I
will report on a study of detectability of binary black hole coalescences on a 
wide parameter space with numerical relativity waveforms and simulated data, and
I will discuss the potential of coordinated gravitational wave and neutrino 
observations in the event of a  nearby supernova.