Darach Jafar Watson

Darach Jafar Watson

Professor


  1. Published

    The X-ray spectrum and fightcurve of the redshift 6.29 gamma-ray burst GRB 050904

    Watson, Darach Jafar, Reeves, J., Hjorth, Jens, Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Jakobsson, P., Pedersen, K., Sollerman, J. O., Castro Cerón, J. M., McBreen, S. & Foley, S., 2006, AIP Conference Proceedings vol.836. 16th Annual Astrophysics ConferenceWashington, DC, NOV 29-DEC 02, 2005NASA, Goddard Space Flight Ctr; Univ Maryland; Gen Dynam. American Institute of Physics, Vol. 836. p. 582-585

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingArticle in proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    The THESEUS space mission concept: science case, design and expected performances

    Amati, L., O'Brien, P., Götz, D., Bozzo, E., Tenzer, C., Frontera, F., Ghirlanda, G., Labanti, C., Osborne, J. P., Stratta, G., Tanvir, N., Willingale, R., Attina, P., Campana, R., Castro-Tirado, A., Contini, E., Fuschino, F., Gomboc, A., Hudec, R., Hjorth, J. & 3 others, Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Malesani, Daniele Bjørn & Watson, Darach Jafar, 1 Jul 2018, In: Advances in Space Research. 62, 1, p. 191-244

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    The Properties of GRB 120923A at a Spectroscopic Redshift of z approximate to 7.8

    Tanvir, N. R., Laskar, T., Levan, A. J., Perley, D. A., Zabl, J., Fynbo, J. P. U., Rhoads, J., Cenko, S. B., Greiner, J., Wiersema, K., Hjorth, J., Cucchiara, A., Berger, E., Bremer, M. N., Cano, Z., Cobb, B. E., Covino, S., D'Elia, V., Fong, W., Fruchter, A. S. & 20 others, Goldoni, P., Hammer, F., Heintz, Kasper Elm, Jakobsson, P., Kann, D. A., Kaper, L., Klose, S., Knust, F., Kruehler, T., Malesani, Daniele Bjørn, Misra, K., Guelbenzu, A. N., Pugliese, G., Sanchez-Ramirez, R., Schulze, S., Stanway, E. R., de Ugarte Postigo, A., Watson, Darach Jafar, Wijers, R. A. M. J. & Xu, D., 1 Oct 2018, In: Astrophysical Journal. 865, 2, 16 p., 107.

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  4. Published

    The Optically Unbiased GRB Host (TOUGH) Survey. V. VLT/X-shooter Emission-line Redshifts for Swift GRBs at z ~ 2

    Krühler, T. C., Malesani, Daniele Bjørn, Milvang-Jensen, B., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Hjorth, Jens, Jakobsson, P., Levan, A., Sparre, M., Tanvir, N. R. & Watson, Darach Jafar, 10 Oct 2012, In: Astrophysical Journal. 758, 1, p. 46

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  5. Published

    The Interstellar Medium in the Environment of the Supernova-less Long-duration GRB 111005A

    Lesniewska, A., Michalowski, M. J., Kamphuis, P., Dziadura, K., Baes, M., Ceron, J. M. C., Gentile, G., Hjorth, Jens, Hunt, L. K., Jespersen, C. K., Koprowski, M. P., Le Floc'h, E., Miraghaei, H., Guelbenzu, A. N., Oszkiewicz, D., Palazzi, E., Polinska, M., Rasmussen, J., Schady, P. & Watson, Darach Jafar, 1 Apr 2022, In: Astrophysical Journal. 259, 2, 17 p., 67.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    The Host Galaxy Cluster of the Short gamma-Ray Burst GRB050509B

    Pedersen, K., Eliasdottir, A., Hjorth, Jens, Starling, R., Castro Ceron, J. M., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Gorosabel, J., Granada, I., Jakobsson, P., Sollerman, J. & Watson, Darach Jafar, 2005, In: Astrophysical Journal. 634, 1, p. L17-L20 part 2

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  7. Published

    The Gas and Stellar Content of a Metal-poor Galaxy at z=8.496 as Revealed by JWST and ALMA

    Heintz, K. E., Gimenez-Arteaga, C., Fujimoto, S., Brammer, G., Espada, D., Gillman, S., Gonzalez-Lopez, J., Greve, T. R., Harikane, Y., Hatsukade, B., Knudsen, K. K., Koekemoer, A. M., Kohno, K., Kokorev, V., Lee, M. M., Magdis, G. E., Nelson, E. J., Rizzo, F., Sanders, R. L., Schaerer, D. & 10 others, Shapley, A. E., Strait, Victoria Bellinger, Toft, Sune, Valentino, F., Wel, A. V. D., Vijayan, A. P., Watson, Darach Jafar, Bauer, F. E., Christiansen, C. R. & Wilson, S. N., 1 Feb 2023, In: Astrophysical Journal Letters. 944, 2, 13 p., 30.

    Research output: Contribution to journalLetterResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    The Galactic dust-to-metals ratio and metallicity using gamma-ray bursts

    Watson, Darach Jafar, 18 Sep 2011, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 533, p. A16

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  9. Published

    The First JWST Spectrum of a GRB Afterglow: No Bright Supernova in Observations of the Brightest GRB of all Time, GRB 221009A

    Levan, A. J., Lamb, G. P., Schneider, B., Hjorth, J., Zafar, T., de Ugarte Postigo, A., Sargent, B., Mullally, S. E., Izzo, L., D'Avanzo, P., Burns, E., Fernandez, J. F. A., Barclay, T., Bernardini, M. G., Bhirombhakdi, K., Bremer, M., Brivio, R., Campana, S., Chrimes, A. A., D'Elia, V. & 40 others, Valle, M. D., De Pasquale, M., Ferro, M., Fong, W., Fruchter, A. S., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Gaspari, N., Gompertz, B. P., Hartmann, D. H., Hedges, C. L., Heintz, Kasper Elm, Hotokezaka, K., Jakobsson, P., Kann, D. A., Kennea, J. A., Laskar, T., Le Floc'h, E., Malesani, Daniele Bjørn, Melandri, A., Metzger, B. D., Oates, S. R., Pian, E., Piranomonte, S., Pugliese, G., Racusin, J. L., Rastinejad, J. C., Ravasio, M. E., Rossi, A., Saccardi, A., Salvaterra, R., Sbarufatti, B., Starling, R. L. C., Tanvir, N. R., Thoene, C. C., van der Horst, A. J., Vergani, S. D., Watson, Darach Jafar, Wiersema, K., Wijers, R. A. M. J. & Xu, D., 1 Mar 2023, In: Astrophysical Journal Letters. 946, 1, 14 p., 28.

    Research output: Contribution to journalLetterResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    The Environment of the Binary Neutron Star Merger GW170817

    Levan, A. J., Lyman, J. D., Tanvir, N. R., Hjorth, J., Mandel, I., Stanway, E. R., Steeghs, D., Fruchter, A. S., Troja, E., Schroder, S. L., Wiersema, K., Bruun, S. H., Cano, Z., Cenko, S. B., de Ugarte Postigo, A., Evans, P., Fairhurst, S., Fox, O. D., Fynbo, J. P. U., Gompertz, B. & 20 others, Greiner, J., Im, M., Izzo, L., Jakobsson, P., Kangas, T., Khandrika, H. G., Lien, A. Y., Malesani, Daniele Bjørn, O'Brien, P., Osborne, J. P., Palazzi, E., Pian, E., Perley, D. A., Rosswog, S., Ryan, R. E., Schulze, S., Sutton, P., Thone, C. C., Watson, Darach Jafar & Wijers, R. A. M. J., 20 Oct 2017, In: Astrophysics Journal Letters. 848, 2, L28.

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  11. Published

    The Emergence of a Lanthanide-rich Kilonova Following the Merger of Two Neutron Stars

    Tanvir, N. R., Levan, A. J., Gonzalez-Fernandez, C., Korobkin, O., Mandel, I., Rosswog, S., Hjorth, J., D'Avanzo, P., Fruchter, A. S., Fryer, C. L., Kangas, T., Milvang-Jensen, B., Rosetti, S., Steeghs, D., Wollaeger, R. T., Cano, Z., Copperwheat, C. M., Covino, S., D'Elia, V., de Ugarte Postigo, A. & 34 others, Evans, P. A., Even, W. P., Fairhurst, S., Jaimes, R. F., Fontes, C. J., Fujii, Y. I., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Gompertz, B. P., Greiner, J., Hodosan, G., Irwin, M. J., Jakobsson, P., Jørgensen, Uffe Gråe, Kann, D. A., Lyman, J. D., Malesani, Daniele Bjørn, McMahon, R. G., Melandri, A., O'Brien, P. T., Osborne, J. P., Palazzi, E., Perley, D. A., Pian, E., Piranomonte, S., Rabus, M., Rol, E., Rowlinson, A., Schulze, S., Sutton, P., Thone, C. C., Ulaczyk, K., Watson, Darach Jafar, Wiersema, K. & Wijers, R. A. M. J., 20 Oct 2017, In: Astrophysics Journal Letters. 848, 2, 9 p., L27.

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  12. Published

    The Archival Discovery of a Strong Ly alpha and [C II] Emitter at z=7.677

    Valentino, F., Brammer, Gabriel, Fujimoto, S., Heintz, Kasper Elm, Weaver, J. R., Strait, Victoria Bellinger, Gould, K. M. L., Mason, Charlotte, Watson, Darach Jafar, Laursen, Peter & Toft, Sune, 1 Apr 2022, In: Astrophysical Journal Letters. 929, 1, 7 p., 9.

    Research output: Contribution to journalLetterResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    The Afterglows of Swift-era Gamma-ray Bursts. I. Comparing pre-Swift and Swift-era Long/Soft (Type II) GRB Optical Afterglows

    Kann...[et al.], D. A., Klose, S., Zhang, B., Malesani, Daniele Bjørn, Castro Cerón, J. M., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Hjorth, Jens, Laursen, Peter, Sollerman, J. O. & Watson, Darach Jafar, 10 Sep 2010, In: Astrophysical Journal. 720, 2, p. 1513-1558 5 p.

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  14. Published

    Temporal properties of short and long gamma-ray bursts

    McBren, S., Quilligan, F., McBreen, B., Hanlon, L. & Watson, Darach Jafar, 2003, AIP Conference Proceedings vol.662, issue.1. 1 ed. American Institute of Physics, Vol. 662. p. 280-282

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingArticle in proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  15. Published

    THERMAL EMISSION IN THE EARLY X-RAY AFTERGLOWS OF GAMMA-RAY BURSTS: FOLLOWING THE PROMPT PHASE TO LATE TIMES

    Friis, M. & Watson, Darach Jafar, 1 Jul 2013, In: Astrophysical Journal. 771, 1, 15.

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  16. Published

    THE OPTICALLY UNBIASED GRB HOST (TOUGH) SURVEY. VII. THE HOST GALAXY LUMINOSITY FUNCTION: PROBING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GRBs AND STAR FORMATION TO REDSHIFT similar to 6

    Schulze, S., Chapman, R., Hjorth, Jens, Levan, A. J., Jakobsson, P., Bjoernsson, G., Perley, D. A., Kruehler, T., Gorosabel, J., Tanvir, N. R., Postigo, A. D. U., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Milvang-Jensen, B., Moller, P. & Watson, Darach Jafar, 20 Jul 2015, In: Astrophysical Journal. 808, 1, 73.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  17. Published

    Swift identification of dark gamma-ray bursts

    Jakobsson, P., Hjorth, Jens, Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Watson, Darach Jafar, Pedersen, K., Björnsson, G. & Gorosabel, J., 2004, In: Astrophysical Journal. 617, p. L21-L24

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  18. Published

    Supernova 2006aj and the associated X-Ray flash 060218

    Sollerman, J. O., Jaunsen, A. O., Fynbo, J. P. U., Hjorth, J., Jakobsson, P., Féron, C., Laursen, P., Ovaldsen, J. -E., Selj, J., Thöne, C., Xu, D., Davis, T. M., Gorosabel, J., Watson, D., Duro, R., Ilyin, I., Jensen, B. L., Lysfjord, N., Marquart, T., Nielsen, T. B. & 5 others, Näränen, J., Schwarz, H. E., Walch, S., Wold, M. & Östlin, G., 2006, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 454, 2, p. 503-509

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  19. Published

    Steep extinction towards GRB 140506A reconciled from host galaxy observations: Evidence that steep reddening laws are local

    Heintz, Kasper Elm, Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Jakobsson, P., Kruehler, T., Christensen, Lise Bech, Watson, Darach Jafar, Ledoux, C., Noterdaeme, P., Perley, D. A., Rhodin, H., Selsing, J., Schulze, S., Tanvir, N. ~., Moller, P., Goldoni, P., Xu, D. & Milvang-Jensen, B., 1 May 2017, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 601, A83.

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  20. Published

    Star formation rates and stellar masses in z ~ 1 gamma-ray burst hosts

    Castro Cerón, J. M., Michalowski, M., Hjorth, Jens, Watson, Darach Jafar, Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall & Gorosabel, J., 2006, In: Astrophysical Journal. 653, 2, p. L85-L88

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  21. Published

    Star formation in the early Universe: beyond the tip of the iceberg

    Tanvir, N. R., Levan, A. J., Fruchter, A. S., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Hjorth, Jens, Wiersema, K., Bremer, M. N., Rhoads, J., O'Brien, P. T. & Watson, Darach Jafar, 20 Jul 2012, In: Astrophysical Journal. 754, 1, p. 46

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  22. Published

    Spherical symmetry in the kilonova AT2017gfo/GW170817

    Sneppen, A., Watson, Darach Jafar, Bauswein, A., Just, O., Kotak, R., Nakar, E., Poznanski, D. & Sim, S., 16 Feb 2023, In: Nature. 614, 7948, p. 436-439 12 p.

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  23. Published

    Spectroscopy of the short-hard GRB 130603B: The host galaxy and environment of a compact object merger

    Postigo, A. D. U., Thoene, C. C., Rowlinson, A., Garcia-Benito, R., Levan, A. J., Gorosabel, J., Goldoni, P., Schulze, S., Zafar, T., Wiersema, K., Sanchez-Ramirez, R., Melandri, A., D'Avanzo, P., Oates, S., D'Elia, V., Pasquale, M. D., Kruehler, T., Horst, A. J. V. D., Xu, D., Watson, D. & 23 others, Piranomonte, S., Vergani, S., Milvang-Jensen, B., Kaper, L., Malesani, Daniele Bjørn, Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Cano, Z., Covino, S., Flores, H., Greiss, S., Hammer, F., Hartoog, O. E., Hellmich, S., Heuser, C., Hjorth, Jens, Jakobsson, P., Mottola, S., Sparre, M., Sollerman, J., Tagliaferri, G., Tanvir, N. R., Vestergaard, Marianne & Wijers, R. A. M. J., 1 Mar 2014, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 563, A62.

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  24. Published

    Spectroscopic identification of r-process nucleosynthesis in a double neutron-star merger

    Pian, E., D'Avanzo, P., Enetti, S. B., Ranchesi, M. B., Rocato, E. B., Campana, S., Cappellaro, E., Covino, S., D'Elia, V., Fynbo, J. P. U., Getman, F., Ghirlanda, G., Grado, A., Greco, G., Hjorth, J., Kouveliotou, C., Levan, A., Limatola, L., Icastro, L. N., Piranomonte, S. & 49 others, Rossi, A., Salafia, O. S., Selsing, J., Stratta, G., Tanaka, M., Tanvir, N. R., Tomasella, L., Watson, Darach Jafar, Yang, S., Amati, L., Antonelli, L. A., Ascenzi, S., Ernardini, M. G. B., Boer, M., Ulgarelli, A. B., Capaccioli, M., Casella, P., Castro-Tirado, A. J., Chassande-Mottin, E., Ciolfi, R., Copperwheat, C. M., Dadina, M., De Cesare, G., Di Paola, A., Fan, Y. Z., Gendre, B., Giuffrida, G., Giunta, A., Hunt, L. K., Israel, G. L., Jin, Z. -., Kasliwal, M. M., Klose, S., Malesani, Daniele Bjørn, Longo, F., Lisi, M., Aiorano, E. M., Patricelli, B., Pescalli, A., Piran, T., Possenti, A., Pulone, L., Azzano, M. R., Salvaterra, R., Stamerra, A., Troja, E., Turatto, M., Ergani, S. D. V. & Ergani, D. V., 2 Nov 2017, In: Nature. 551, 7678, p. 67-70

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  25. Published

    Spectroscopic Evidence for SN 2010ma Associated with GRB 101219B

    Sparre....[et al.], M., Sollerman, J. O., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Malesani, Daniele Bjørn, Ugarte Postigo, A. D., Hjorth, Jens, Leloudas, G., Milvang-Jensen, B. & Watson, Darach Jafar, 10 Jun 2011, In: Astrophysical Journal. 735, 1

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