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)

Organizers:

• StephaneBlondin