Searches for Gravitational Waves associated with Gamma Ray Bursts using ground-based laser interferometer detectors

Laura Cadonati, University of Massachusetts Amherst
for the LIGO Scientific Collaboration and the Virgo Collaboration

The central engines of Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) are expected to be powerful 
sources for gravitational wave emission, including core-collapse supernovae 
and compact binary mergers. The multi-messenger detection of a gravitational 
wave transient signature in time-space coincidence with a GRB 
electromagnetic counterpart will offer robust evidence and promising 
scientific output from laser interferometer gravitational wave detector 
data. This talk will review LIGO and Virgo efforts for the observation of 
gravitational wave transients coincident with GRBs, describe current results 
and highlight prospects for corresponding searches during future LIGO-Virgo 
runs in their advanced detector configuration.