Darach Jafar Watson

Darach Jafar Watson

Professor


  1. Published

    VLT/X-shooter spectroscopy of the GRB 120327A afterglow

    D'Elia, V., Fynbo, J. P. U., Goldoni, P., Covino, S., Postigo, A. D. U., Ledoux, C., Calura, F., Gorosabel, J., Malesani, D., Sanchez-Ramirez, F. M. R., Savaglio, S., Castro-Tirado, A. J., Hartoog, O. E., Kaper, L., Munoz-Darias, T., Pian, E., Piranomonte, S., Tagliaferri, G., Tanvir, N., Vergani, S. D. & 2 others, Watson, Darach Jafar & Xu, D., 17 Feb 2014, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 564, p. 38-56 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    The mysterious optical afterglow spectrum of GRB140506A at z=0.889

    Fynbo, J. P. U., Kruehler, T., Leighly, K., Ledoux, C., Vreeswijk, P. M., Schulze, S., Noterdaeme, P., Watson, D., Wijers, R. A. M. J., Bolmer, J., Cano, Z., D'Elia, V., Covino, S., Christensen, L. B., Flores, H., Friis, M., Goldoni, P., Greiner, J., Hammer, F., Hjorth, J. & 23 others, Jakobsson, P., Japelj, J., Kaper, L., Klose, S., Knust, F., Leloudas, G., Levan, A., Malesani, Daniele Bjørn, Milvang-Jensen, B., Moller, P., Guelbenzu, A. N., Oates, S., Pian, E., Schady, P., Sparre, M., Tagliaferri, U., Tanvir, N., Thoene, C. C., de Ugarte Postigo, A., Vergani, S., Wiersema, K., Xu, D. & Zafar, T., 19 Dec 2014, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 572, 8 p., A12.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    A dust-parallax distance of 19 megaparsecs to the supermassive black hole in NGC 4151

    Honig, S. F., Watson, Darach Jafar, Kishimoto, M. & Hjorth, Jens, 27 Nov 2014, In: Nature. 515, 7528, p. 528-+

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    GRB 190114C in the nuclear region of an interacting galaxy A detailed host analysis using ALMA, the HST, and the VLT

    de Ugarte Postigo, A., Thone, C. C., Martin, S., Japelj, J., Levan, A. J., Michalowski, M. J., Selsing, J., Kann, D. A., Schulze, S., Palmerio, J. T., Vergani, S. D., Tanvir, N. R., Bensch, K., Covino, S., D'Elia, V., De Pasquale, M., Fruchter, A. S., Fynbo, J. P. U., Hartmann, D., Heintz, K. E. & 11 others, van der Horst, A. J., Izzo, Luca, Jakobsson, P., Ng, K. C. Y., Perley, D. A., Rossi, A., Sbarufatti, B., Salvaterra, R., Sanchez-Ramirez, R., Watson, Darach Jafar & Xu, D., 14 Jan 2020, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 633, 10 p., A68.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Heavy-element production in a compact object merger observed by JWST

    Levan, A. J., Gompertz, B. P., Salafia, O. S., Bulla, M., Burns, E., Hotokezaka, K., Izzo, L., Lamb, G. P., Malesani, D. B., Oates, S. R., Ravasio, M. E., Rouco Escorial, A., Schneider, B., Sarin, N., Schulze, S., Tanvir, N. R., Ackley, K., Anderson, G., Brammer, G. B., Christensen, L. & 65 others, Dhillon, V. S., Evans, P. A., Fausnaugh, M., Fong, W., Fruchter, A. S., Fryer, C., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Gaspari, N., Heintz, Kasper Elm, Hjorth, Jens, Kennea, J. A., Kennedy, M. R., Laskar, T., Leloudas, G., Mandel, I., Martin-carrillo, A., Metzger, B. D., Nicholl, M., Nugent, A., Palmerio, J. T., Pugliese, G., Rastinejad, J., Rhodes, L., Rossi, A., Saccardi, A., Smartt, S. J., Stevance, H. F., Tohuvavohu, A., Van Der Horst, A., Vergani, S. D., Watson, Darach Jafar, Barclay, T., Bhirombhakdi, K., Breedt, E., Breeveld, A. A., Brown, A. J., Campana, S., Chrimes, A. A., D’avanzo, P., D’elia, V., De Pasquale, M., Dyer, M. J., Galloway, D. K., Garbutt, J. A., Green, M. J., Hartmann, D. H., Jakobsson, P., Kerry, P., Kouveliotou, C., Langeroodi, D., Le Floc’h, E., Leung, J. K., Littlefair, S. P., Munday, J., O’brien, P., Parsons, S. G., Pelisoli, I., Sahman, D. I., Salvaterra, R., Sbarufatti, B., Steeghs, D., Tagliaferri, G., Thöne, C. C., De Ugarte Postigo, A. & Kann, D. A., 1 Feb 2024, In: Nature. 626, 8000, p. 737-741 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Dust depletion of metals from local to distant galaxies: II. Cosmic dust-to-metal ratio and dust composition

    Konstantopoulou, C., De Cia, A., Ledoux, C., Krogager, J., Mattsson, L., Watson, Darach Jafar, Heintz, Kasper Elm, Péroux, C., Noterdaeme, P., Andersen, Anja C., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Jermann, I. & Ramburuth-hurt, T., 16 Jan 2024, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 681, 26 p., A64.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    A solar metallicity galaxy at z > 7? Possible detection of the [N II] 122 mu m and [O III] 52 mu m lines

    Killi, M., Watson, Darach Jafar, Fujimoto, S., Akins, H., Knudsen, K., Richard, J., Harikane, Y., Rigopoulou, D., Rizzo, F., Ginolfi, M., Popping, G. & Kokorev, V., 14 Mar 2023, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 521, 2, p. 2526-2534 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    GRB 130603B: VLT/X-shooter redshift confirmation.

    Xu, D., de Ugarte Postigo, A., Malesani, Daniele Bjørn, Schulze, S., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Watson, Darach Jafar, D'Elia, V., Goldoni, P. & Vestergaard, Marianne, 2003, In: GRB Coordinates Network, Circular Service, No. 14757. 4757, p. 1

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Small-scale variations in the radiating surface of the GRB 011211 jet

    Jakobsson, P., Hjorth, Jens, Ramirez-Ruiz, E., Kouveliotou, C., Pedersen, K., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Gorosabel, J., Watson, Darach Jafar, Jensen, B. L., Grav, T., Hansen, M. W., Michelsen, R., Andersen, M. I., Weidinger, M. & Pederden, H., 2004, In: New Astronomy. 9, p. 435-442

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    A log NHI = 22.6 damped lyα absorber in a dark gamma-ray burst: The environment of GRB 050401

    Watson, D., Fynbo, J. P. U., Ledoux, C., Vreeswijk, P., Hjorth, J., Smette, A., Andersen, A. C., Aoki, K., Augusteijn, T., Beardmore, A. P., Bersier, D., Castro Cerón, J. M., D'Avanzo, P., Diaz-Fraile, D., Gorosabel, J., Hirst, P., Jakobsson, P., Jensen, B. L., Kawai, N., Kosugi, G. & 16 others, Laursen, Peter, Levan, A., Masegosa, J., Näränen, J., Page, K. L., Pedersen, K., Pozanenko, A., Reeves, J. N., Rumyantsev, V., Shahbaz, T., Sharapov, D., Sollerman, J. O., Starling, R. L. C., Tanvir, N., Torstensson, K. & Wiersema, K., 2006, In: Astrophysical Journal. 652, 2, p. 1011-1019

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    No supernovae associated with two long-duration gamma-ray bursts

    Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Watson, Darach Jafar, Sollerman, J. O., Bloom, J. S., Hjorth, Jens, Jakobsson, P. & Thöne, C., 2006, In: Nature. 444, 7122, p. 1047-1049

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    The soft X-ray blast in the apparently subluminous GRB 031203

    Watson, Darach Jafar, Vaughan, S. A., Willingale, R., Hjorth, Jens, Foley, S., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Jakobsson, P., Levan, A., O'Brian, P. T., Osborne, J. P., Pedersen, K., Reeves, J. N., Tedds, J. A. & Watson, M. G., 2006, In: Astrophysical Journal. 636, 2, p. 967-970

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  13. Published

    The nature of the x-ray flash of August 24 2005: Photometric evidence for an on-axis z= 0.83 burst with continuous energy injection and an associated supernova ?

    Sollerman, J. O., Fynbo, J. P. U., Gorosabel, J., Halpern, J., Hjorth, J., Jakobsson, P., Mirabal, N., Watson, D. J., Xu, D., Castro-Tirado, A. J., Féron, C., Jaunsen, A. O., Jelinek, M., Jensen, B. L., Kann, D. A., Osvaldsen, J. E., Pozanenko, A., Stritzinger, M. D., Thöne, C., de Ugarte Postigo, A. & 6 others, Guziy, S., Ibrahimov, M., Järvinen, S. P., Levan, A., Rumyantsev, V. & Tanvir, N., 2007, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 466, 3, p. 839-846 8 p.

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  14. Published

    Early spectroscopic identification of SN 2008D

    Malesani, Daniele Bjørn, Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Hjorth, Jens, Leloudas, G., Vreeswijk, P. M., Watson, Darach Jafar, Thöne, C., Milvang-Jensen, B. & Sollerman, J. O., 2009, In: Astrophysical Journal. 692, 2, p. L84-L87 4 p.

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  15. Published

    Gamma-ray burst host galaxies and the link to star-formation

    Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Hjorth, Jens, Malesani, Daniele Bjørn, Sollerman, J. O., Watson, Darach Jafar, Jakobsson, P., Gorosabel, J. & Janusen, A. O., 2007, To appear in the Proceedings of the Eleventh Marcel Grossmann Meeting on General Relativity: Singapre, Marts,  2007. 9 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingArticle in proceedingsResearch

  16. Published

    XRF 050509C: optical monitoring

    Gorosabel, J., Hjorth, Jens, Jensen, B. L., Jørgensen, Uffe Gråe, Beaulieu, J., Cassan, A., Donatowicz, J., Watson, Darach Jafar, Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Jakobsson, P., Castro Cerón, J. M. & Pedersen, H., 2005, -

    Research output: Other contributionResearch

  17. Published

    GRB050801: unchanged decay slope

    Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Jensen, B. L., Hjorth, Jens, Woller, K. G., Watson, Darach Jafar, Solleman, J., Fouque, P. & Andersen, M. I., 2005

    Research output: Other contributionResearch

  18. Published

    GRB 031203: a low luminosity x-ray flash with a galactic halo

    Osborne, J., Watson, Darach Jafar, Hjorth, Jens & Vaughan, S., 2004, In: Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. session 22, p. 974-

    Research output: Contribution to journalConference articleResearch

  19. Published

    In search of progenitors for supernovaless gamma-ray bursts 060505 and 060614: re-examination of their afterglow

    Xu, D., Starling, R. L. C., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Sollerman, J. O., Yost, S., Watson, Darach Jafar, Foley, S., O'Brien, P. T. & Hjorth, Jens, 2009, In: Astrophysical Journal. 696, 1, p. 971-979

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  20. Published

    On the distribution of stellar masses in gamma-ray burst host galaxies

    Castro Cerón, J. M., Michalowski, M., Hjorth, Jens, Malesani, Daniele Bjørn, Gorosabel, J., Watson, Darach Jafar, Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall & Calderon, C. M., 14 Sep 2010, In: Astrophysical Journal. 721, 2, p. 1919-1927 8 p.

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  21. Published

    Exploring Dust Extinction at the Edge of Reionization

    Zafar, T., Watson, Darach Jafar, Tanvir, N. R., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Starling, R. L. C. & Levan, A. J., 7 Jun 2011, In: Astrophysical Journal. 735, 1

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  22. Published

    Extinction curve template for intrinsically reddened quasars

    Zafar, T., Watson, Darach Jafar, Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Krogager, J. -., Zafar, N., Saturni, F. G., Geier, S. & Venemans, B. P., 1 Dec 2015, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 584, A100.

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  23. Published

    The host galaxy of the short GRB 111117A at z=2.211 Impact on the short GRB redshift distribution and progenitor channels

    Selsing, J., Kruehler, T., Malesani, D., D'Avanzo, P., Schulze, S., Vergani, S. D., Palmerio, J., Japelj, J., Milvang-Jensen, B., Watson, D., Jakobsson, P., Bolmer, J., Cano, Z., Covino, S., D'Elia, V., de Ugarte Postigo, A., Fynbo, J. P. U., Gomboc, A., Heintz, K. E., Kaper, L. & 8 others, Levan, A. J., Piranomonte, S., Pugliese, G., Sanchez-Ramirez, R., Sparre, M., Tanvir, N. R., Thone, C. C. & Wiersema, K., 14 Aug 2018, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616, 11 p., A48.

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  24. 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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  25. Published

    The luminous, massive and solar metallicity galaxy hosting the Swift gamma-ray burst GRB160804A at z=0.737

    Heintz, K. E., Malesani, D., Wiersema, K., Jakobsson, P., Fynbo, J. P. U., Savaglio, S., Cano, Z., Covino, S., D'Elia, V., Gomboc, A., Hammer, F., Kaper, L., Milvang-Jensen, B., Moller, P., Piranomonte, S., Selsing, J., Rhodin, N. H. P., Tanvir, N. R., Thone, C. C., de Ugarte Postigo, A. & 2 others, Vergani, S. D. & Watson, Darach Jafar, 21 Feb 2018, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 474, 2, p. 2738-2749 11 p.

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