Darach Jafar Watson

Darach Jafar Watson

Professor


  1. 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

  2. Published

    Low-resolution spectroscopy of gamma-ray burst optical afterglows: biases in the swift sample and characterization of the absorbers

    Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Jakobsson, P., Malesani, Daniele Bjørn, Vreeswijk, P. M., Hjorth, Jens, Sollerman, J. O., Jensen, B. L., Milvang-Jensen, B., Watson, Darach Jafar & Xu, D., 2009, In: Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 185, 2, p. 526-573 47 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Ly+ and ultraviolet emission from high-reddshift gamma-ray burst hosts: to what extent do gamma-ray bursts trace star formation?

    Jakobsson..[et al.], P., Björnsson, G., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Jönannesson, G., Hjorth, Jens, Thomsen, B., Møller, P., Watson, Darach Jafar, Jensen, B. L. & Gudmundsson, E. H., 2005, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 362, 1, p. 245-251

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  4. 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

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  5. 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

  6. Published

    Measuring the H i Content of Individual Galaxies Out to the Epoch of Reionization with [C ii]

    Heintz, Kasper Elm, Watson, Darach Jafar, Oesch, P. A., Narayanan, D. & Madden, S. C., 26 Nov 2021, In: Astrophysical Journal. 922, 2, 10 p., 147.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Measuring the Hubble constant with kilonovae using the expanding photosphere method

    Sneppen, Albert Bjerregård, Watson, Darach Jafar, Poznanski, D., Just, O., Bauswein, A. & Wojtak, Radoslaw Jan, 2 Oct 2023, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 678, 13 p., A14.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  8. Published
  9. Published

    Molecular hydrogen in the damped Lyman alpha system towards GRB 120815A at z=2.36

    Krühler, T., Ledoux, C., Fynbo, J. P. U., Vreeswijk, P. M., Schmidl, S., Malesani, D., Christensen, L. B., De Cia, A., Hjorth, J., Jakobsson, P., Kann, D. A., Kaper, L., Vergani, S. D., Afonso, P. M. J., Covino, S., de Ugarte Postigo, A., D'Elia, V., Filgas, R., Goldoni, P., Greiner, J. & 16 others, Hartoog, O. ~., Milvang-Jensen, B., Nardini, M., Piranomonte, S., Rossi, A., Sánchez-Ramírez, R., Schady, P., Schulze, S., Sudilovsky, V., Tanvir, N. ~., Tagliaferri, G., Watson, Darach Jafar, Wiersema, K., Wijers, R. ~. ~. ~., Xu, D. & Leloudas, G., 1 Sep 2013, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 557, A18.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Multiwavelength studies of the optically dark gamma-ray burst 001025A

    Pedersen, K., Hurley, K., Hjorth, J., Smith, D. A., Andersen, M. I., Christensen, L., Cline, T., Fynbo, J. P. U., Goldsten, J., Golenetskii, S., Gorosabel, J., Jakobsson, P., Jensen, B. L., Milvang-Jensen, B., McClanahan, T., Møller, P., Palshin, V., Schartel, N., Trombka, J., Ulanov, M. & 1 others, Watson, Darach Jafar, 2006, In: Astrophysical Journal. 636, 1, part 1, p. 381-390

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  11. Published

    Mørkt stof - vi ved så meget og dog så lidt

    Hansen, Steen Harle, Pedersen, K., Sollerman, J. O., Andersen, Anja C., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Hjorth, Jens, Toft, Sune & Watson, Darach Jafar, 2009, In: Kvant. 2, p. 14-17 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleCommunication

  12. 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

  13. Published

    New Cosmic Ruler

    Hoenig, S. F. & Watson, Darach Jafar, Jun 2015, In: Natural History. 123, 5, p. 37-39

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  14. 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.

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  15. 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

  16. 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

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  17. 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

  18. 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

  19. Published

    On inferring extinction laws in z ~ 6 quasars as signatures of supernova dust

    Hjorth, Jens, Vreeswijk, P. M., Gall, Christa & Watson, Darach Jafar, 10 May 2013, In: The Astrophysical Journal. 768, 2, 173.

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  20. Published

    On the afterglow and host galaxy of GRB 021004: a comperhensive study with Hubble space telescope

    Fynbo, J. P. U., Gorosabel, J., Smette, J., Fruchter, A., Hjorth, J., Pedersen, K., Levan, A., Burud, I., Sahu, K. C., Vreeswijk, P. M., Bergeron, E., Kouveliotou, C., Tanvir, N., Thorsett, S., Wijers, R. A. M. J., Castro Cer'on, J. M., Castro-Tirdo, A., Granavich, P., Holland, S. T., Jakobsson, P. & 7 others, Møller, P., Nugent, P., Pian, E., Rhoads, J., Thomsen, B., Watson, Darach Jafar & Woosley, S. E., 2005, In: Astrophysical Journal. 633, 1, p. 317-327

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  21. 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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  22. 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.

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  23. Published

    On the nature of the short-duration GRB 050906

    Levan, A., Tanvir, N., Jakobsson, P., Chapman, R., Hjorth, Jens, Priddey, R., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Hurley, K., Jensen, B., Johnson, R., Gorosabel, J., Castro-Tirado, A., Jarvis, M., Watson, Darach Jafar & Wiersema, K., 2008, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 384, 2, p. 541-547 6 p.

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  24. 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

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  25. Published

    Panning for gold, but finding helium: Discovery of the ultra-stripped supernova SN 2019wxt from gravitational-wave follow-up observations

    Agudo, I., Amati, L., An, T., Bauer, F. E., Benetti, S., Bernardini, M. G., Beswick, R., Bhirombhakdi, K., De Boer, T., Branchesi, M., Brennan, S. J., Brocato, E., Caballero-garcía, M. D., Cappellaro, E., Castro Rodríguez, N., Castro-tirado, A. J., Chambers, K. C., Chassande-mottin, E., Chaty, S., Chen, T. & 84 others, Coleiro, A., Covino, S., D’ammando, F., D’avanzo, P., D’elia, V., Fiore, A., Flörs, A., Fraser, M., Frey, S., Frohmaier, C., Fulton, M., Galbany, L., Gall, Christa, Gao, H., García-rojas, J., Ghirlanda, G., Giarratana, S., Gillanders, J. H., Giroletti, M., Gompertz, B. P., Gromadzki, M., Heintz, Kasper Elm, Hjorth, Jens, Hu, Y., Huber, M. E., Inkenhaag, A., Izzo, Luca, Jin, Z. P., Jonker, P. G., Kann, D. A., Kool, E. C., Kotak, R., Leloudas, G., Levan, A. J., Lin, C., Lyman, J. D., Magnier, E. A., Maguire, K., Mandel, I., Marcote, B., Mata Sánchez, D., Mattila, S., Melandri, A., Michałowski, M. J., Moldon, J., Nicholl, M., Nicuesa Guelbenzu, A., Oates, S. R., Onori, F., Orienti, M., Paladino, R., Paragi, Z., Perez-torres, M., Pian, E., Pignata, G., Piranomonte, S., Quirola-vásquez, J., Ragosta, F., Rau, A., Ronchini, S., Rossi, A., Sánchez-ramírez, R., Salafia, O. S., Schulze, S., Smartt, S. J., Smith, K. W., Sollerman, J., Srivastav, S., Starling, R. L. C., Steeghs, D., Stevance, H. F., Tanvir, N. R., Testa, V., Torres, M. A. P., Valeev, A., Vergani, S. D., Vescovi, D., Wainscost, R., Watson, Darach Jafar, Wiersema, K., Wyrzykowski, Ł., Yang, J., Yang, S. & Young, D. R., 20 Jul 2023, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 675, 34 p., A201.

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