All-Sky Burst Search in the First Year of the LSC S5 Run (talk)
Author: Laura Cadonati for the LSC
Abstract: 
The all-sky search for unmodeled bursts of gravitational waves targets transient
signatures whose waveform and origin are not well known, such as core-collapse
supernovae or binary black hole mergers. It follows an ``eyes-wide-open'' 
philosophy, aimed to maximize the search sensitivity with minimal assumptions on
the signal source and morphology. The LSC Burst analysis group developed and 
implemented different techniques for this search, all of which rely on the 
ability to find simultaneous, statistically significant excesses of power in two
or more interferometers, including coherent techniques, consistency criteria, 
veto conditions and signal reconstruction, for an effective suppression of false
alarms. This talk will provide an overview of how these techniques are used in 
the analysis of data from the first calendar year of the LSC S5 run, between 
November 2005 and November 2006, and report on the expected sensitivity of the 
search.