Darach Jafar Watson

Darach Jafar Watson

Professor


  1. 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

  2. Published

    The metals-to-dust ratio to very low metallicities using GRB and QSO absorbers; extremely rapid dust formation

    Zafar, T. & Watson, Darach Jafar, 2 Dec 2013, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 560, A26.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. 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

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    The extinction curves of star-forming regions from z = 0.1 to 6.7 using GRB afterglow spectroscopy

    Zafar, T., Watson, Darach Jafar, Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Malesani, Daniele Bjørn, Jakobsson, P. & Ugarte Postigo, A. D., 8 Sep 2011, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 532, p. A143

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    The properties of the 2175 angstrom extinction feature discovered in GRB afterglows

    Zafar, T., Watson, Darach Jafar, Elíasdóttir, Á., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Krühler, T. C., Schady, P., Leloudas, G., Jakobsson, P., Thöne, C., Perley, D. A., Bloom, J. & Greiner, J., 1 Jul 2012, In: Astrophysical Journal. 753, 1, p. 82

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    No evidence for dust extinction in GRB 050904 at z similar to 6.3

    Zafar, T., Watson, Darach Jafar, Malesani, Daniele Bjørn, Vreeswijk, P. M., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Hjorth, Jens, Levan, A. J. & Michalowski, M., 15 Jun 2010, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 515, p. A94 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    VLT/X-shooter GRBs: Individual extinction curves of star-forming regions

    Zafar, T., Watson, Darach Jafar, Moller, P., Selsing, J., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Schady, P., Wiersema, K., Levan, A. J., Heintz, Kasper Elm, de Ugarte Postigo, A., D'Elia, V., Jakobsson, P., Bolmer, J., Japelj, J., Covino, S., Gomboc, A. & Cano, Z., 11 Sep 2018, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 479, 2, p. 1542-1554

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  8. 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.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    X-shooting GRBs at high redshift: probing dust production history

    Zafar, T., Moller, P., Watson, Darach Jafar, Lattanzio, J., Hopkins, A. M., Karakas, A., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Tanvir, N. R., Selsing, J., Jakobsson, P., Heintz, Kasper Elm, Kann, D. A., Groves, B., Kulkarni, V., Covino, S., D'Elia, V., Japelj, J., Corre, D. & Vergani, S., 1 Oct 2018, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 480, 1, p. 108-118

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  10. 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

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  11. Published
  12. Published

    DISCOVERY OF THE BROAD-LINED TYPE Ic SN 2013cq ASSOCIATED WITH THE VERY ENERGETIC GRB 130427A

    Xu, D., Ugarte Postigo, A. D., Leloudas, G., Krühler, T. C., Cano, Z., Hjorth, Jens, Malesani, Daniele Bjørn, Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Jakobsson, P., Kaper, L., Sollerman, J. O., Watson, Darach Jafar, Thöne, C., Milvang-Jensen, B. & Sparre, M., 20 Oct 2013, In: Astrophysical Journal. 776, 2, 98.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  13. 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

  14. Published

    Infrared molecular hydrogen lines in GRB host galaxies

    Wiersema, K., Togi, A., Watson, Darach Jafar, Christensen, Lise Bech, Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Gompertz, B. P., Higgins, A. B., Levan, A. J., Oates, S. R., Schulze, S., Smith, J. D. T., Stanway, E. R., Starling, R. L. C., Steeghs, D. & Tanvir, N. R., 21 Nov 2018, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 481, 1, p. 1126-1132 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  15. Published

    A Nearby Gamma-Ray Burst Host Prototype for z ~ 7 Lyman-break Galaxies: Spitzer-IRS and X-shooter Spectroscopy of the Host Galaxy of GRB 031203

    Watson, Darach Jafar, French, J. S., Hjorth, Jens, Malesani, Daniele Bjørn, Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall & Castro Cerón, J. M., 1 Nov 2011, In: Astrophysical Journal. 741, 1, p. 58

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  16. Published

    Massive star-formation rates of gamma-ray burst host galaxies: an unobscured view in X-rays

    Watson, Darach Jafar, Hjorth, Jens, Pedersen, K., Patel, S. & Kouveliotou, G., 2004, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 425, p. L33-L36

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  17. 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

  18. Published

    A very low luminosity X-ray flash: XMM newton observations of GRB 031203

    Watson, Darach Jafar, Hjorth, Jens & Pedersen, K., 2004, In: Astrophysical Journal. 605, p. L-101-L104

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  19. 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

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  20. Published

    The metallicity of gamma-ray burst environments from high-energy observations

    Watson, Darach Jafar & Laursen, Peter, 3 Feb 2011, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 527, p. A104

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  21. Published

    A nearby GRB host prototype for z~7 Lyman-break galaxies: Spitzer-IRS and X-shooter spectroscopy of the host galaxy of GRB031203

    Watson, Darach Jafar, Christensen, L., O'Halloran, B., French, J. S., Michalowski, M., Hjorth, Jens, Malesani, Daniele Bjørn, Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Castro Cerón, J. M., Covino, S. & Reinfrank, R., 1 Nov 2011, In: Astrophysical Journal. 741, 1, p. 58

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  22. 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

  23. Published

    No supernovae detected in two long-duration gamma-ray bursts

    Watson, Darach Jafar, Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Thöne, C. & Sollerman, J. O., 2007, In: Philosophical Transactions. Series A : Mathematical, physical, and engineering science. 1854, p. 1269-1275

    Research output: Contribution to journalConference articleResearchpeer-review

  24. 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

  25. 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

  26. Published

    Dust Extinction Bias in the Column Density Distribution of Gamma-Ray Bursts: High Column Density, Low-redshift GRBs are More Heavily Obscured

    Watson, Darach Jafar & Jakobsson, P., 11 Jul 2012, In: Astrophysical Journal. 754, 2, p. 89

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  27. 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

  28. Published

    Very different x-ray-to-optical column density ratios in ¿-ray burst afterglows: ionization in GRB environments

    Watson, Darach Jafar, Hjorth, Jens, Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Jakobsson, P., Foley, S., Sollerman, J. O. & Wijers, R. A. M. J., 2007, In: Astrophysical Journal. 660, 2, p. L101-L104 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  29. Published

    Women lose out in young investigator awards [1]

    Watson, Darach Jafar, Andersen, Anja C. & Hjorth, Jens, 14 Jul 2005, In: Nature. 436, 7048, 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalLetterResearchpeer-review

  30. Published

    Denmark: Women's grants lost in inequality ocean

    Watson, Darach Jafar & Hjorth, Jens, 12 Mar 2015, In: Nature. 519, 7542, p. 158-158

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  31. Published

    A dusty, normal galaxy in the epoch of reionization

    Watson, Darach Jafar, Christensen, Lise Bech, Knudsen, K. K., Richard, J., Gallazzi, A. & Michałowski, M. J., 27 Feb 2015, In: Nature. 519, p. 327-330

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  32. 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

  33. Published

    Outshining the quasars at reionization: the X-ray spectrum and light curveof the redshift 6.29 gamma-ray burst GRB 050904

    Watson, Darach Jafar, Reeves, J. N., Hjorth, Jens, Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Jakobsson, P., Pedersen, K., Sollerman, J. O., Castro Cerón, J. M., McBreen, S. & Foley, S., 2006, In: Astrophysical Journal. 637, 2, p. L69-L72

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  34. 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

  35. Published

    Delayed soft X-ray esission lines in the afterglow of GRB 030227

    Watson, Darach Jafar, Reeves, J. N., Hjorth, Jens, Jakobsson, P. & Pedersen, K., 2003, In: Astrophysical Journal. 595, 1, p. 29-32

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  36. Published

    SN 2003jd (SN/GRB?) -- X-ray observations

    Watson, Darach Jafar, Pian, E., Reeves, J. N., Hjorth, Jens & Pedersen, K., 2003

    Research output: Other contributionResearch

  37. 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

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  38. 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

  39. Published

    GRB 080928: VLT redshift

    Vreeswijk, P. M., Malesani, Daniele Bjørn, Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Jacobsson, J., Thöne, C., Sollerman, J. O., Watson, Darach Jafar & Milvang-Jensen, B., 2008, In: GCN circulars. 8301, 1

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

  40. Published

    Low-resolution VLT spectroscopy of GRBs 991216, 011211 and 021211

    Vreeswijk, P. M., Smette, A., Fruchter, A. S., Palazzi, E., Rol, E., Wijers, R. A. M. J., Kouveliotou, C., Kaper, L., Pian, E., Masetti, N., Frontera, F., Hjorth, Jens, Gorosabel, J., Piro, L., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Jakobsson, P., Watson, Darach Jafar, O'Brian, P. T. & Ledoux, C., 2006, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 447, p. 145-156

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  41. 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

  42. 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

  43. 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

  44. 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

  45. Published

    Spatially resolved properties of the GRB 060505 host: Implications for the nature of the progenitor

    Thöne, C., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Östlin, G., Milvang-Jensen, B., Wiersema, K., Malesani, Daniele Bjørn, Della M. F., D., Gorosabel, J., Kann, D. A., Watson, Darach Jafar, Michalowski, M. J., Fruchter, A. S., Levan, A. J., Hjorth, Jens & Sollerman, J. O., 2008, In: Astrophysical Journal. 678, 2, p. 1151-1161 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  46. Published

    GRB 051117B: R and I observations of possible host galaxy

    Thöne, C., Feron, C., Jakobsson, P., Jensen, B. L., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Sollerman, J., Pedersen, H., Watson, Darach Jafar & Hjorth, Jens, 2005, -

    Research output: Other contributionResearch

  47. Published

    GRB 100219A with X-shooter - abundances in a galaxy at z = 4.7

    Thöne, C. C., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Ugarte Postigo, A. D., Campana, S., Zafar, T., Vergani, S. D., Covino, S., Krühler, T. C., Milvang-Jensen, B., Watson, Darach Jafar & Kaper, L., 1 Feb 2013, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 428, 4, p. 3590-3606

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  48. Published

    The supernova 2003lw associated with X-ray flash 031203

    Thomsen, B., Hjorth, Jens, Watson, Darach Jafar, Gorosabel, J., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Jensen, B. L., Andersen, Michael Ingemann, Dall, T. H., Rasmussen, J. R., Bruntt, H., Laurikainen, E., Augusteijn, T., Pursimo, T., Germany, L., Jakobsson, P. & Pedersen, K., 1 May 2004, In: Astronomy and Astrophysics. 419, 2, p. L21-L25

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  49. Published

    GRB031203, improved XMM position

    Tedsds, J. A., Watson, Darach Jafar, Watson, M. G., Osborne, J., Levan, A., O'Brien, P. T., Vaughan, S., Villingale, R. & Reeves, J. N., 2003

    Research output: Other contributionResearch

  50. 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

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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