Darach Jafar Watson

Darach Jafar Watson

Professor


  1. Published

    GRB 031203 I-band monitoring

    Hjorth, Jens, Gorosabel, J., Jensen, B. L., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Rasmussen, J. R., Dall, T. H., Bersier, D., Watson, Darach Jafar, Pedersen, K., Jakobsson, P. & Pedersen, H., 2004

    Research output: Other contributionResearch

  2. Published

    GRB041006: optical observations and potential host galaxy

    Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Jensen, B. L., Pedersen, K., Watson, Darach Jafar, Jakobsson, P., Bjornsson, G. & Hjorth, Jens, 2004

    Research output: Other contributionResearch

  3. Published

    GRB 031203: discovery of a dust echo

    Vaughan, S., Willingale, R., O'Brien, P. T., Osborne, J., Levan, A., Tedds, J., Roberts, T., Watson, M. & Watson, Darach Jafar, 2003

    Research output: Other contributionResearch

  4. Published

    A gamma-ray burst at a redshift of z approximate to 8.2

    Tanvir, N. R., Fox, D. B., Levan, A. J., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Hjorth, Jens, Sollerman, J. O. & Watson, Darach Jafar, 2009, In: Nature. 461, 7268, p. 1254-1257 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Current problems in extragalactic dust

    Watson, Darach Jafar, Andersen, Anja C. & Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, 2009.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearch

  6. 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.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    A New Cosmological Distance Measure Using Active Galactic Nuclei

    Watson, Darach Jafar, Denney, K. D., Vestergaard, Marianne & Davis, T. M., 20 Jan 2011, In: Astrophysical Journal. 740, 2, p. L49

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    The optically unbiased GRB host (TOUGH) survey. I. Survey design and catalogs

    Hjorth, Jens, Malesani, Daniele Bjørn, Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Krühler, T. C., Milvang-Jensen, B., Michalowski, M., Watson, Darach Jafar & Jakobsson..[et al.], P., 10 Sep 2012, In: Astrophysical Journal. 756, 2, p. 187

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  9. 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, Sparre, M. & Watson, Darach Jafar, 2012, In: Astrophysical Journal. 758, 1, p. 46

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Massive stars formed in atomic hydrogen reservoirs: H i observations of gamma-ray burst host galaxies

    Michalowski, M. J., Gentile, G., Hjorth, J., Krumholz, M. R., Tanvir, N. R., Kamphuis, P., Burlon, D., Baes, M., Basa, S., Berta, S., Castro Ceron, J. M., Crosby, D., D'Elia, V., Elliott, J., Greiner, J., Hunt, L. K., Klose, S., Koprowski, M. P., Le Floc'h, E., Malesani, D. & 13 others, Murphy, T., Guelbenzu, A. N., Palazzi, E., Rasmussen, J., Rossi, A., Savaglio, S., Schady, P., Sollerman, J., de Ugarte Postigo, A., Watson, Darach Jafar, van der Werf, P., Vergani, S. D. & Xu, D., 1 Oct 2015, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 582, A78.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  11. 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.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    A gravitational-wave standard siren measurement of the Hubble constant

    Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Abbott, T. D., Acemese, F., Ackley, K., Adams, C., Adams, T., Addesso, P., Adhikary, S., Adya, V. B., Affeldt, C., Afrough, M., Agarwal, B., Agathos, M., Agatsuma, K., Aggarwal, N., Aguiar, C., Aiello, L., Ain, A., Ramirez-Ruiz, J. E. & 4 others, Hjorth, Jens, Watson, Darach Jafar, Milvang-Jensen, B. & Camp, J. B., 2 Nov 2017, In: Nature. 551, 7678, p. 85-88

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    Helium in natal HII regions: the origin of the X-ray absorption in gamma-ray burst afterglows

    Watson, Darach Jafar, Zafar, T., Andersen, Anja C., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Gorosabel, J., Hjorth, Jens, Jakobsson, P., Krühler, T. C., Laursen, Peter, Leloudas, G. & Malesani, Daniele Bjørn, 2013, In: Astrophysical Journal. 768, 1, 23.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  14. Published

    High-redshift standard candles: predicted cosmological constraints

    King, A. L., Davis, T. M., Denney, K. D., Vestergaard, Marianne & Watson, Darach Jafar, 11 Jul 2014, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 441, 4, p. 3454-3476

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  15. Published

    Gauging the mass of metals in the gas phase of galaxies from the Local Universe to the Epoch of Reionization

    Heintz, Kasper Elm, Shapley, A. E., Sanders, R. L., Killi, M., Watson, Darach Jafar, Magdis, Georgios, Valentino, F., Ginolfi, M., Narayanan, D., Greve, T. R., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Vizgan, D. & Wilson, S. N., 28 Oct 2023, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 678, 7 p., A30.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  16. Published

    Investigating the [C II]-to-H I Conversion Factor and the H I Gas Budget of Galaxies at z approximate to 6 with Hydrodynamic Simulations

    Vizgan, D., Heintz, Kasper Elm, Greve, T. R., Narayanan, D., Dave, R., Olsen, K. P., Popping, G. & Watson, Darach Jafar, 1 Nov 2022, In: Astrophysical Journal Letters. 939, 1, 5 p., L1.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  17. Published

    Y Spectrophotometric analysis of gamma-ray burst afterglow extinction curves with X-Shooter

    Japelj, J., Covino, S., Gomboc, A., Vergani, S. D., Goldoni, P., Selsing, J., Cano, Z., D'Elia, V., Flores, H., Fynbo, J. P. U., Hammer, F., Hjorth, J., Jakobsson, P., Kaper, L., Kopac, D., Kruehler, T., Melandri, A., Piranomonte, S., Sanchez-Ramirez, R., Tagliaferri, G. & 4 others, Tanvir, N. R., de Ugarte Postigo, A., Watson, Darach Jafar & Wijers, R. A. M. J., 1 Jul 2015, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 579, A74.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  18. Published

    Nature of the unusual transient AT 2018cow from HI observations of its host galaxy

    Michalowski, M. J., Kamphuis, P., Hjorth, J., Kann, D. A., de Ugarte Postigo, A., Galbany, L., Fynbo, J. P. U., Ghosh, A., Hunt, L. K., Kuncarayakti, H., Le Floc'h, E., Lesniewska, A., Misra, K., Guelbenzu, A. N., Palazzi, E., Rasmussen, J., Resmi, L., Rossi, A., Savaglio, S., Schady, P. & 6 others, Schulze, S., Thone, C. C., Watson, Darach Jafar, Jozsa, G. I. G., Serra, P. & Smirnov, O. M., 9 Jul 2019, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 627, 8 p., A106.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  19. Published

    Identification of strontium in the merger of two neutron stars

    Watson, Darach Jafar, Hansen, C. J., Selsing, J., Koch, A., Malesani, Daniele Bjørn, Andersen, Anja C., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Arcones, A., Bauswein, A., Covino, S., Grado, A., Heintz, Kasper Elm, Hunt, L., Kouveliotou, C., Leloudas, G., Levan, A. J., Mazzali, P. & Pian, E., 24 Oct 2019, In: Nature. 574, 7779, p. 497-500 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  20. Published

    The discovery of an evolving dust-scattered X-ray halo around GRB 031203

    Vaughan ...[et al], S. & Watson, Darach Jafar, 2004, In: Astrophysical Journal. 603, p. L5-L8

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  21. Published

    XMM-Newton observations of the BL Lac MS 0205.7+3509: a dense, low-metallicity absorber

    Watson, Darach Jafar, 2004, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 418, p. 459-463

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  22. Published

    The line-of-sight towards GRB 030429 at z =2.66: probing the matter at stellar, galactic and intergalactic scales

    Jakobsson, P., Hjorth, Jens, Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Watson, Darach Jafar, Pedersen, K. & Jensen, B. L., 2004, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 427, p. 785-794

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  23. Published

    Are short gamma-ray bursts collimated? GRB 050709, a flare but no break

    Watson, Darach Jafar, Hjorth, Jens, Jakobsen, P., Xu, D., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Sollerman, J. O., Thöne, C. & Pedersen, K., 2006, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 454, p. L123-L126

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  24. Published

    H I column densities of z > 2 swift gamma-ray bursts

    Jakobsson, P., Fynbo, J. P. U., Ledoux, C., Vreewijk, P. M., Kann, D. A., Hjorth, J., Priddey, R. S., Tanvir, N. R., Reichart, D., Gorosabel, J., Klose, S., Watson, D., Sollerman, J. O., Fruchter, A. S., de Ugarte Postigo, A., Wiersema, K., Björnsson, G., Chapman, R., Tröne, C. C., Pedersen, K. & 1 others, Jensen, B. L., 2006, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 460, 2, p. L13-L17

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  25. Published

    Hot GRB-selected submillimeter galaxies: Conference on Pathways Through and Eclectic UniverseSantiago del Teide, SPAIN, APR 23-27, 2007 , Book Series: ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC CONFERENCE SERIES    Volume: 390    Pages: 493-494    Published: 2008

    Michalowski, M., Hjorth, Jens, Castro Cerón, J. M. & Watson, Darach Jafar, 2008, ASP Conference Series,  vol.390: Pathways Through an Eclectic Universe. Vol. 390.

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

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