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| * '''10 Mar 2017''': Review of the paper [[http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017ApJ...834L...7T|The Host Galaxy and Redshift of the Repeating Fast Radio Burst FRB 121102]] by David Corre (see also [[https://arxiv.org/abs/1701.01100|arXiv link]]) |
Transients Discussion Circle
Supernovae, gamma-ray bursts, tidal disruption flares, active galactic nuclei etc. In short, any transient/variable event involving explosive/accretion phenomena.
When
Every other Friday from 10:00-10:30 am in room Tramontane (second floor). Next meeting: 10 March 2017 (room Tramontane)
Schedule
2017
10 Mar 2017: Review of the paper The Host Galaxy and Redshift of the Repeating Fast Radio Burst FRB 121102 by David Corre (see also arXiv link)
27 Jan 2017: presentation of the LUVOIR mission (https://asd.gsfc.nasa.gov/luvoir) by Jean-Claude Bouret, in particular the use of a very high-resolution (~120000) UV (~100-400 nm) spectropolarimeter for transient science.
2016
16 Dec 2016: Joshua Esteves will present his results on the structure of White Dwarf stars (in French!), as part of a one-month L3 internship with Stéphane Blondin
2 Dec 2016: Stéphane Basa will present "DDOTI: the Deca-Degree Optical Transient Imager" (arXiv link)
4 Nov 2016: Mini-review of the SVOM mission by Stéphane Basa. See also the SVOM white pape: arXiv link
7 Oct 2016: Review of the paper The host galaxy of a fast radio burst by David Corre (see also arXiv link)
9 Sep 2016: Open discussion on the "Groupement de Recherche" (GDR) on Gravitational Waves. More info: GDR_OG.pdf. You can sign up to the GDR mailing list here.
24 Jun 2016: Brief overview of Tidal Disruption Events (TDE) by Jean-Pierre Luminet. Presentation available in powerpoint or PDF format
12 May 2016 (Thursday): Prospective meeting on transients at LAM
19 Feb 2016: Open discussion on the recent detection of gravitational waves by the Ligo collaboration (Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger) and the search for electromagnetic counterparts
5 Feb 2016: Kick-off meeting; presentation by Stéphane Blondin of a paper on the most luminous supernova: ASASSN-15lh: A Highly Super-Luminous Supernova, by Dong et al. (Science, 351, 257)
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