Abbott, B. P.Davies, G. S.LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration2017-04-062017-04-062016-11-15Abbott BP, et al., (LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration). First targeted search for gravitational-wave bursts from core-collapse supernovae in data of first-generation laser interferometer detectors. Physical Review D, Volume 94, Issue 10, November 2016, Article number 102001http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/11743https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.94.102001© 2016 American Physical Society. This is the publisher Version of Record Manuscript. Please refer to any applicable publisher terms of use.We present results from a search for gravitational-wave bursts coincident with two core-collapse supernovae observed optically in 2007 and 2011. We employ data from the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO), the Virgo gravitational-wave observatory, and the GEO 600 gravitational-wave observatory. The targeted core-collapse supernovae were selected on the basis of (1) proximity (within approximately 15 Mpc), (2) tightness of observational constraints on the time of core collapse that defines the gravitational-wave search window, and (3) coincident operation of at least two interferometers at the time of core collapse. We find no plausible gravitational-wave candidates. We present the probability of detecting signals from both astrophysically well-motivated and more speculative gravitational-wave emission mechanisms as a function of distance from Earth, and discuss the implications for the detection of gravitational waves from core-collapse supernovae by the upgraded Advanced LIGO and Virgo detectors.Article