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= Extragalactic Transients Discussion Circle = = 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: 4 Mar 2016 (room Tramontane)'''

= Schedule =

 * '''18 Mar 2016''': Brief overview of Tidal Disruption Events (TDE) by Jean-Pierre Luminet

 * '''4 Mar 2016''': Mini-review of the [[http://www.svom.fr/|SVOM mission]] by Stéphane Basa

 * '''19 Feb 2016''': Open discussion on the recent detection of gravitational waves by the Ligo collaboration ([[http://arxiv.org/abs/1602.03837|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: [[http://arxiv.org/abs/1507.03010|ASASSN-15lh: A Highly Super-Luminous Supernova]], by Dong et al. (Science, 351, 257)
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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: 4 Mar 2016 (room Tramontane)

Schedule

Organizers: