Darach Jafar Watson
Professor
The Cosmic Dawn Center
Jagtvej 155A
2200 København N
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GRB050509B: optical observations at the very large telescope
Solleman, J., Jensen, B. L., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Jakobsson, P., Castro Cerón, J. M., Pedersen, K., Pedersen, H., Hjorth, Jens & Watson, Darach Jafar, 2005Research output: Other contribution › Research
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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, , 2007, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 466, 3, p. 839-846 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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, , 2006, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 454, 2, p. 503-509Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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The metallicity and dust content of a redshift 5 gamma-ray burst host galaxy
Sparre, M., Hartoog, O. E., Krühler, T., Fynbo, J. P. U., Watson, D. J., Wiersema, K., D'Elia, V., Zafar, T., Afonso, P. M. J., Covino, S., Postigo, A. D. U., Flores, H., Goldoni, P., Greiner, J., Hjorth, J., Jakobsson, P., Kaper, L., Klose, S., Levan, A. J., Malesani, D. & 9 others, , 20 Apr 2014, In: Astrophysical Journal. 785, 2, p. 150-161 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Ultraviolet emission lines in young low-mass galaxies at z similar or equal to 2: physical properties and implications for studies at z > 7
Stark, D. P., Richard, J., Siana, B., Charlot, S., Freeman, W. R., Gutkin, J., Wofford, A., Robertson, B., Amanullah, R., Watson, Darach Jafar & Milvang-Jensen, B., 11 Dec 2014, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 445, 3, p. 3200-3220Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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The dark GRB 080207 in an extremely red host and the implications for gamma-ray bursts in highly obscured environments
Svensson, K. M., Levan, A. J., Tanvir, N. R., Perley, D. A., Michalowski, M., Page, K. L., Bloom, J. S., Cenko, S. B., Hjorth, Jens, Jakobsson, P., Watson, Darach Jafar & Wheatly, P. J., 1 Mar 2012, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 421, 1, p. 25-35 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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, , 1 Oct 2018, In: Astrophysical Journal. 865, 2, 16 p., 107.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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, , 20 Oct 2017, In: Astrophysics Journal Letters. 848, 2, 9 p., L27.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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The fraction of ionizing radiation from massive stars that escapes to the intergalactic medium
Tanvir, N. R., Fynbo, J. P. U., de Ugarte Postigo, A., Japelj, J., Wiersema, K., Malesani, D., Perley, D. A., Levan, A. J., Selsing, J., Cenko, S. B., Kann, D. A., Milvang-Jensen, B., Berger, E., Cano, Z., Chornock, R., Covino, S., Cucchiara, A., D'Elia, V., Gargiulo, A., Goldoni, P. & 23 others, , Mar 2019, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 483, 4, p. 5380-5408 29 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 46Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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., 2003Research output: Other contribution › Research
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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-L25Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 3590-3606Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 contribution › Research
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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 journal › Letter › Research › peer-review
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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, 2003Research output: Other contribution › Research
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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-L8Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 145-156Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research
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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-L72Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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-L126Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 29-32Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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SN 2003jd (SN/GRB?) -- X-ray observations
Watson, Darach Jafar, Pian, E., Reeves, J. N., Hjorth, Jens & Pedersen, K., 2003Research output: Other contribution › Research
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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. 967-970Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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, , 2006, In: Astrophysical Journal. 652, 2, p. 1011-1019Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 journal › Letter › Research › peer-review
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Denmark: Women's grants lost in inequality ocean
Watson, Darach Jafar & Hjorth, Jens, 12 Mar 2015, In: Nature. 519, 7542, p. 158-158Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 327-330Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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The Galactic dust-to-metals ratio and metallicity using gamma-ray bursts
Watson, Darach Jafar, 18 Sep 2011, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 533, p. A16Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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The metallicity of gamma-ray burst environments from high-energy observations
Watson, Darach Jafar & Laursen, Peter, 3 Feb 2011, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 527, p. A104Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 58Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 1269-1275Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › Research › peer-review
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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. 582-585Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Article in proceedings › Research › peer-review
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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. L49Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 89Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Current problems in extragalactic dust
Watson, Darach Jafar, Andersen, Anja C. & Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, 2009.Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference abstract for conference › Research
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 459-463Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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-L104Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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-L36Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 58Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 971-979Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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