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: 29 Apr 2016 (room Tramontane)
Schedule
27 May 2016 (TBD): Brief overview of Tidal Disruption Events (TDE) by Jean-Pierre Luminet
13 May 2016: TBD
29 Apr 2016: NO MEETING (clash with Basic Python training session)
15 Apr 2016: NO MEETING
1 Apr 2016: Presentation on the GFT robotic telescope (on board SVOM) and the estimation of photometric redshifts for GRBs by David Corre (POSTPONED)
18 Mar 2016: NO MEETING
4 Mar 2016: Mini-review of the SVOM mission by Stéphane Basa (CANCELLED)
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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