Darach Jafar Watson

Darach Jafar Watson

Professor


  1. 2021
  2. Published

    Accurate dust temperature determination in a z=7.13 galaxy

    Bakx, T. J. L. C., Sommovigo, L., Carniani, S., Ferrara, A., Akins, H. B., Fujimoto, S., Hagimoto, M., Knudsen, K. K., Pallottini, A., Tamura, Y. & Watson, Darach Jafar, 9 Nov 2021, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 508, 1, p. L58-L63 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    GRB host galaxies with strong H2​ absorption: CO-dark molecular gas at the peak of cosmic star formation

    Heintz, Kasper Elm, Björnsson, G., Neeleman, M., Christensen, Lise Bech, Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Jakobsson, P., Krogager, J., Laskar, T., Ledoux, C., Magdis, Georgios, Møller, P., Noterdaeme, P., Schady, P., Ugarte Postigo, A. D., Valentino, F. M. & Watson, Darach Jafar, 29 Jul 2021, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 507, p. 1434-1440 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalConference articleResearchpeer-review

  4. 2020
  5. Published

    Observational constraints on the optical and near-infrared emission from the neutron star-black hole binary merger candidate S190814bv

    Ackley, K., Amati, L., Barbieri, C., Bauer, F. E., Benetti, S., Bernardini, M. G., Bhirombhakdi, K., Botticella, M. T., Branchesi, M., Brocato, E., Bruun, S. H., Bulla, M., Campana, S., Cappellaro, E., Castro-Tirado, A. J., Chambers, K. C., Chaty, S., Chen, T-W., Ciolfi, R., Coleiro, A. & 134 others, Copperwheat, C. M., Covino, S., Cutter, R., D'Ammando, F., D'Avanzo, P., De Cesare, G., D'Elia, V., Della Valle, M., Denneau, L., De Pasquale, M., Dhillon, V. S., Dyer, M. J., Elias-Rosa, N., Evans, P. A., Eyles-Ferris, R. A. J., Fiore, A., Fraser, M., Fruchter, A. S., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Galbany, L., Gall, Christa, Galloway, D. K., Getman, F., Ghirlanda, G., Gillanders, J. H., Gomboc, A., Gompertz, B. P., Gonzalez-Fernandez, C., Gonzalez-Gaitan, S., Grado, A., Greco, G., Gromadzki, M., Groot, P. J., Gutierrez, C. P., Heikkila, T., Heintz, K. E., Hjorth, Jens, Hu, Y., Huber, M. E., Inserra, C., Izzo, Luca, Japelj, J., Jerkstrand, A., Jin, Z. P., Jonker, P. G., Kankare, E., Kann, D. A., Kennedy, M., Kim, S., Klose, S., Kool, E. C., Kotak, R., Kuncarayakti, H., Lamb, G. P., Leloudas, G., Levan, A. J., Longo, F., Lowe, T. B., Lyman, J. D., Magnier, E., Maguire, K., Maiorano, E., Mandel, I., Mapelli, M., Mattila, S., McBrien, O. R., Melandri, A., Michalowski, M. J., Milvang-Jensen, B., Moran, S., Nicastro, L., Nicholl, M., Guelbenzu, A. N., Nuttal, L., Oates, S. R., O'Brien, P. T., Onori, F., Palazzi, E., Patricelli, B., Perego, A., Torres, M. A. P., Perley, D. A., Pian, E., Pignata, G., Piranomonte, S., Poshyachinda, S., Possenti, A., Pumo, M. L., Quirola-Vasquez, J., Ragosta, F., Ramsay, G., Rau, A., Rest, A., Reynolds, T. M., Rosetti, S. S., Rossi, A., Rosswog, S., Sabha, N. B., Carracedo, A. S., Salafia, O. S., Salmon, L., Salvaterra, R., Savaglio, S., Sbordone, L., Schady, P., Schipani, P., Schultz, A. S. B., Schweyer, T., Smartt, S. J., Smith, K. W., Smith, M., Sollerman, J., Srivastav, S., Stanway, E. R., Starling, R. L. C., Steeghs, D., Stratta, G., Stubbs, C. W., Tanvir, N. R., Testa, G., Thrane, E., Tonry, J. L., Turatto, M., Ulaczyk, K., van der Horst, A. J., Vergani, S. D., Walton, N. A., Watson, Darach Jafar, Wiersema, K., Wiik, K., Wyrzykowski, L., Yang, S., Yi, S. & Young, D. R., 10 Nov 2020, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 643, 48 p., A113.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    An Unambiguous Separation of Gamma-Ray Bursts into Two Classes from Prompt Emission Alone

    Jespersen, C. K., Severin, J. B., Steinhardt, Charles, Vinther, J., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Selsing, J. & Watson, Darach Jafar, 1 Jun 2020, In: Astrophysical Journal Letters. 896, 2, 6 p., 20.

    Research output: Contribution to journalLetterResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Direct Measurement of the [C i] Luminosity to Molecular Gas Mass Conversion Factor in High-redshift Star-forming Galaxies

    Heintz, Kasper Elm & Watson, Darach Jafar, 20 Jan 2020, In: Astrophysical Journal Letters. 889, 1, 6 p., L7.

    Research output: Contribution to journalLetterResearchpeer-review

  8. 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

  9. 2019
  10. 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

  11. Published

    Short GRB 160821B: A Reverse Shock, a Refreshed Shock, and a Well-sampled Kilonova

    Lamb, G. P., Tanvir, N. R., Levan, A. J., de Ugarte Postigo, A., Kawaguchi, K., Corsi, A., Evans, P. A., Gompertz, B., Malesani, D. B., Page, K. L., Wiersema, K., Rosswog, S., Shibata, M., Tanaka, M., van der Horst, A. J., Cano, Z., Fynbo, J. P. U., Fruchter, A. S., Greiner, J., Heintz, K. & 14 others, Higgins, A., Hjorth, Jens, Izzo, L., Jakobsson, P., Kann, D. A., O'Brien, P. T., Perley, D. A., Pian, E., Pugliese, G., Starling, R. L. C., Thone, C. C., Watson, Darach Jafar, Wijers, R. A. M. J. & Xu, D., 20 Sep 2019, In: Astrophysical Journal. 883, 1, 12 p., 48.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    New constraints on the physical conditions in H2-bearing GRB-host damped Lyman-alpha absorbers

    Heintz, K. E., Bolmer, J., Ledoux, C., Noterdaeme, P., Krogager, J-K., Fynbo, J. P. U., Jakobsson, P., Covino, S., D'Elia, V., De Pasquale, M., Hartmann, D. H., Izzo, L., Japelj, J., Kann, D. A., Kaper, L., Petitjean, P., Rossi, A., Salvaterra, R., Schady, P., Selsing, J. & 8 others, Starling, R., Tanvir, N. R., Thone, C. C., de Ugarte Postigo, A., Vergani, S. D., Watson, Darach Jafar, WierSema, K. & Zafar, T., 16 Sep 2019, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 629, 21 p., A131.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  13. 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

  14. Published

    Big Three Dragons: A z=7.15 Lyman-break galaxy detected in [Oiii] 88 mu m, [Cii] 158 mu m, and dust continuum with ALMA

    Hashimoto, T., Inoue, A. K., Mawatari, K., Tamura, Y., Matsuo, H., Furusawa, H., Harikane, Y., Shibuya, T., Knudsen, K. K., Kohno, K., Ono, Y., Zackrisson, E., Okamoto, T., Kashikawa, N., Oesch, P. A., Ouchi, M., Ota, K., Shimizu, I., Taniguchi, Y., Umehata, H. & 1 others, Watson, Darach Jafar, 17 Jun 2019, In: Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan. 71, 4, 23 p., 71.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  15. Published

    On the dust properties of high-redshift molecular clouds and the connection to the 2175 extinction bump

    Heintz, K. E., Zafar, T., De Cia, A., Vergani, S. D., Jakobsson, P., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Watson, Darach Jafar, Japelj, J., Mller, P., Covino, S., Kaper, L. & Andersen, Anja C., 1 Jun 2019, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 486, 2, p. 2063-2074 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  16. Published

    The X-shooter GRB afterglow legacy sample (XS-GRB)

    Selsing, J., Malesani, D., Goldoni, P., Fynbo, J. P. U., Kruehler, T., Antonelli, L. A., Arabsalmani, M., Bolmer, J., Cano, Z., Christensen, L., Covino, S., D'Avanzo, P., D'Elia, V., De Cia, A., de Ugarte Postigo, A., Flores, H., Fliis, M., Gomboc, A., Greiner, J., Groot, P. & 36 others, Hammer, F., Hartoog, O. E., Heintz, Kasper Elm, Hjorth, Jens, Jakobsson, P., Japelj, J., Kann, D. A., Kaper, L., Ledoux, C., Leloudas, G., Levan, A. J., Maiorano, E., Melandri, A., Milvang-Jensen, B., Palazzi, E., Palmerio, J. T., Perley, D. A., Pian, E., Piranomonte, S., Pugliese, G., Sanchez-Ramirez, R., Savaglio, S., Schady, P., Schulze, S., Sollerman, J., Sparre, M., Tagliaferri, G., Tanvir, N. R., Thone, C. C., Vergani, S. D., Vreeswijk, P., Watson, Darach Jafar, Wiersema, K., Wijers, R., Xu, D. & Zafar, T., 12 Mar 2019, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 623, 42 p., A92.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  17. Published

    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, Gomboc, A., Heintz, Kasper Elm, Hjorth, Jens, Izzo, L., Jakobsson, P., Kaper, L., Kruehler, T., Laskar, T., Myers, M., Piranomonte, S., Pugliese, G., Rossi, A., Sanchez-Ramirez, R., Schulze, S., Sparre, M., Stanway, E. R., Tagliaferri, G., Thoene, C. C., Vergani, S., Vreeswijk, P. M., Wijers, R. A. M. J., Watson, Darach Jafar & Xu, D., Mar 2019, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 483, 4, p. 5380-5408 29 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  18. 2018
  19. Published

    Cold gas in the early Universe Survey for neutral atomic-carbon in GRB host galaxies at 1 < z < 6 from optical afterglow spectroscopy

    Heintz, Kasper Elm, Ledoux, C., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Jakobsson, P., Noterdaeme, P., Krogager, J. -., Bolmer, J., Moller, P., Vergani, S. D., Watson, Darach Jafar, Zafar, T., De Cia, A., Tanvir, N. R., Malesani, Daniele Bjørn, Japelj, J., Covino, S. & Kaper, L., 20 Dec 2018, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 621, 13 p., A20.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  20. 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

  21. Published

    A Two-dimensional Spectroscopic Study of Emission-line Galaxies in the Faint Infrared Grism Survey (FIGS). I. Detection Method and Catalog

    Pirzkal, N., Rothberg, B., Ryan, R. E., Malhotra, S., Rhoads, J., Grogin, N., Curtis-Lake, E., Chevallard, J., Charlot, S., Finkelstein, S. L., Koekemoer, A. M., Ghavamian, P., Rodrigues, M., Hammer, F., Puech, M., Larson, R. L., Christensen, L., Cimatti, A., Ferreras, I., Gardner, J. P. & 14 others, Gronwall, C., Hathi, N. P., Joshi, B., Kuntschner, H., Meurer, G. R., O'Connell, R. W., Oestlin, G., Pasquali, A., Pharo, J., Straughn, A. N., Walsh, J. R., Watson, Darach Jafar, Windhorst, R. A. & Zakamska, N. L., 20 Nov 2018, In: Astrophysical Journal. 868, 1, 14 p., 61.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  22. 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.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  23. 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

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  24. Published

    Highly ionized metals as probes of the circumburst gas in the natal regions of gamma-ray bursts

    Heintz, K. E., Watson, D., Jakobsson, P., Fynbo, J. P. U., Bolmer, J., Arabsalmani, M., Cano, Z., Covino, S., D'Elia, V., Gomboc, A., Japelj, J., Kaper, L., Krogager, J. -K., Pugliese, G., Sanchez-Ramirez, R., Selsing, J., Sparre, M., Tanvir, N. R., Thone, C. C., de Ugarte Postigo, A. & 1 others, Vergani, S. D., 21 Sep 2018, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 479, 3, p. 3456-3476

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  25. 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

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  26. Published

    The optical afterglow of the short gamma-ray burst associated with GW170817

    Lyman, J. D., Lamb, G. P., Levan, A. J., Mandel, I., Tanvir, N. R., Kobayashi, S., Gompertz, B., Hjorth, J., Fruchter, A. S., Kangas, T., Steeghs, D., Steele, I. A., Cano, Z., Copperwheat, C., Evans, P. A., Fynbo, J. P. U., Gall, C., Im, M., Izzo, L., Jakobsson, P. & 16 others, Milvang-Jensen, B., O'Brien, P., Osborne, J. P., Palazzi, E., Perley, D. A., Pian, E., Rosswog, S., Rowlinson, A., Schulze, S., Stanway, E. R., Sutton, P., Thone, C. C., de Ugarte Postigo, A., Watson, Darach Jafar, Wiersema, K. & Wijers, R. A. M. J., 1 Sep 2018, In: Nature Astronomy. 2, 9, p. 751-754 5 p.

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  27. 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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  28. 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

  29. Published

    Cosmic Dust: origin, applications & implications

    Andersen, Anja C., Nguyen, A., Asmus, D., Calzetti, D., Watson, Darach Jafar, Kemper, F., Gomez, H., Smith, J. D., Alves, J., Gordon, K., Nozawa, T. & Henning, T., 11 Jun 2018.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePosterResearch

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