Darach Jafar Watson

Darach Jafar Watson

Professor


  1. Published

    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.

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  2. 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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  3. Published

    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, Evans, P. A., Even, W. P., Fairhurst, S., Jaimes, R. F., Fontes, C. J., Fujii, Y. I., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Gompertz, B. P., Greiner, J., Hodosan, G., Irwin, M. J., Jakobsson, P., Jørgensen, Uffe Gråe, Kann, D. A., Lyman, J. D., Malesani, Daniele Bjørn, McMahon, R. G., Melandri, A., O'Brien, P. T., Osborne, J. P., Palazzi, E., Perley, D. A., Pian, E., Piranomonte, S., Rabus, M., Rol, E., Rowlinson, A., Schulze, S., Sutton, P., Thone, C. C., Ulaczyk, K., Watson, Darach Jafar, Wiersema, K. & Wijers, R. A. M. J., 20 Oct 2017, In: Astrophysics Journal Letters. 848, 2, 9 p., L27.

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  4. 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.

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  5. Published

    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.

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  6. Published

    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. 3200-3220

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  7. Published

    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, 1

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  8. Published

    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, Milvang-Jensen, B., Nardini, M., Piranomonte, S., Sollerman, J., Sánchez-Ramírez, R., Schulze, S., Tanvir, N. R., Vergani, S. D. & Wijers, R. A. M. J., 20 Apr 2014, In: Astrophysical Journal. 785, 2, p. 150-161 12 p.

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  9. 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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  10. Published

    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, Näränen, J., Schwarz, H. E., Walch, S., Wold, M. & Östlin, G., 2006, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 454, 2, p. 503-509

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  11. Published

    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, 2005

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  12. 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.

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  13. Published

    Discovery of a 760 nm P Cygni line in AT2017gfo: Identification of yttrium in the kilonova photosphere

    Sneppen, Albert Bjerregård & Watson, Darach Jafar, 19 Jul 2023, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 675, 10 p., A194.

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  14. Published

    Spherical symmetry in the kilonova AT2017gfo/GW170817

    Sneppen, A., Watson, Darach Jafar, Bauswein, A., Just, O., Kotak, R., Nakar, E., Poznanski, D. & Sim, S., 16 Feb 2023, In: Nature. 614, 7948, p. 436-439 12 p.

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  15. 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.

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  16. 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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  17. Published

    GRB 120422A/SN 2012bz: Bridging the gap between low- and high-luminosity gamma-ray bursts

    Schulze, S., Malesani, D., Cucchiara, A., Tanvir, N. R., Kruhler, T., de Ugarte Postigo, A., Leloudas, G., Lyman, J., Bersier, D., Wiersema, K., Perley, D. A., Schady, P., Gorosabel, J., Anderson, J. P., Castro-Tirado, A. J., Cenko, S. B., De Cia, A., Ellerbroek, L. E., Fynbo, J. P. U., Greiner, J. & 45 others, Hjorth, Jens, Kann, D. A., Kaper, L., Klose, S., Levan, A. J., Martin, S., O'Brien, P. T., Page, K. L., Pignata, G., Rapaport, S., Sanchez-Ramirez, R., Sollerman, J., Smith, I. A., Sparre, M., Thoene, C. C., Watson, Darach Jafar, Xu, D., Bauer, E. E., Bayliss, M., Bjornsson, G., Bremer, M., Cano, Z., Covino, S., D'Elia, V., Frail, D. A., Geier, S., Goldoni, P., Hartoog, O. E., Jakobsson, P., Korhonen, H., Lee, K. Y., Milvang-Jensen, B., Nardini, M., Guelbenzu, A. N., Oguri, M., Pandey, S. B., Petitpas, G., Rossi, A., Sandberg, A., Schmidl, S., Tagliaferri, G., Tilanus, R. P. J., Winters, J. M., Wright, D. & Wuyts, E., 15 Jun 2014, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 566

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  18. Published

    THE OPTICALLY UNBIASED GRB HOST (TOUGH) SURVEY. VII. THE HOST GALAXY LUMINOSITY FUNCTION: PROBING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GRBs AND STAR FORMATION TO REDSHIFT similar to 6

    Schulze, S., Chapman, R., Hjorth, Jens, Levan, A. J., Jakobsson, P., Bjoernsson, G., Perley, D. A., Kruehler, T., Gorosabel, J., Tanvir, N. R., Postigo, A. D. U., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Milvang-Jensen, B., Moller, P. & Watson, Darach Jafar, 20 Jul 2015, In: Astrophysical Journal. 808, 1, 73.

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  19. Published

    Comparing emission- and absorption-based gas-phase metallicities in GRB host galaxies at z = 2−4 using JWST

    Schady, P., Yates, R. M., Christensen, L., De cia, A., Rossi, A., D’elia, V., Heintz, K. E., Jakobsson, P., Laskar, T., Levan, A., Salvaterra, R., Starling, R. L. C., Tanvir, N. R., Thöne, C. C., Vergani, S., Wiersema, K., Arabsalmani, M., Chen, H. ., De pasquale, M., Fruchter, A. & 17 others, Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, García-benito, R., Gompertz, B., Hartmann, D., Kouveliotou, C., Milvang-jensen, B., Palazzi, E., Perley, D. A., Piranomonte, S., Pugliese, G., Savaglio, S., Sbarufatti, B., Schulze, S., Tagliaferri, G., Postigo, A. D. U., Watson, Darach Jafar & Wiseman, P., 3 Apr 2024, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 529, 3, p. 2807-2831 25 p.

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  20. Published

    Dissecting the interstellar medium of a z = 6.3 galaxy: X-shooter spectroscopy and HST imaging of the afterglow and environment of the Swift GRB 210905A

    Saccardi, A., Vergani, S. D., De Cia, A., D’elia, V., Heintz, K. E., Izzo, L., Palmerio, J. T., Petitjean, P., Rossi, A., De Ugarte Postigo, A., Konstantopoulou, C., Christensen, L. B., Levan, A. J., Malesani, D. B., Møller, P., Ramburuth-hurt, T., Salvaterra, R., Tanvir, N. R., Thöne, C. C., Nielsen, S. V. & 18 others, Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Kann, D. A., Schady, P., Watson, Darach Jafar, Wiersema, K., Campana, S., Covino, S., De Pasquale, M., Fausey, H., Hartmann, D. H., Van Der Horst, A. J., Jakobsson, P., Palazzi, E., Pugliese, G., Savaglio, S., Starling, R. L. C., Stratta, G. & Zafar, T., 1 Mar 2023, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 671, 21 p., A84.

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  21. Published

    Detection of GRB 060927 at z =5.47: Implications for the use of gamma-ray bursts as probes of the end of the dark ages

    Ruiz-Velasco, A. E., Swan, H., Troja, E., Malesani, D., Fynbo, J. P. U., Starling, R. L. C., Xu, D., Aharonian, F., Akerlof, C., Andersen, M. I., Ashley, M. C. B., Barthelmy, S. D., Bersier, D., Castro Cer'on, J. M., Castro-Tirado, A. J., Gehrels, N., Gögüs, E., Gorosabel, J., Guidorzi, C., Güver, T. & 37 others, Hjorth, Jens, Horns, D., Huang, K. Y., Jakobsson, P., Jensen, B. L., Kiziloglu, Ü., Kouveliotou, C., Krimm, H. A., Ledoux, C., Levan, A. J., Marsh, T., McKay, T., Melandri, A., Milvang-Jensen, B., Mundell, C. G., O'Brien, P. T., Özel, M., Phillips, A., Quimby, R., Rowell, G., Rujopakarn, W., Rykoff, E. S., Schaefer, B. E., Sollerman, J. O., Tanvir, N. R., Thöne, C. C., Urata, Y., Vestrand, W. T., Vreeswijk, P. M., Watson, Darach Jafar, Wheeler, J. C., Wijers, R. A. M. J., Wren, J., Yost, S. A., Yuan, F., Zhai, M. & Zheng, W. K., 2007, In: Astrophysical Journal. 669, 1, p. 1-9 9 p.

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  22. Published

    A blast from the infant Universe: The very high-z GRB210905A

    Rossi, A., Frederiks, D. D., Kann, D. A., De Pasquale, M., Pian, E., Lamb, G., D'Avanzo, P., Izzo, L., Levan, A. J., Malesani, D. B., Melandri, A., Guelbenzu, A. N., Schulze, S., Strausbaugh, R., Tanvir, N. R., Amati, L., Campana, S., Cucchiara, A., Ghirlanda, G., Della Valle, M. & 35 others, Klose, S., Salvaterra, R., Starling, R. L. C., Stratta, G., Tsvetkova, A. E., Vergani, S. D., D'Ai, A., Burgarella, D., Covino, S., D'Elia, V., Postigo, A. D. U., Fausey, H., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Frontera, F., Guidorzi, C., Heintz, Kasper Elm, Masetti, N., Maiorano, F., Mundell, C. G., Oates, S. R., Page, M. J., Palazzi, E., Palmerio, J., Pugliese, G., Rau, A., Saccardi, A., Sbarufatti, B., Svinkin, D. S., Tagliaferri, G., van der Horst, A. J., Watson, Darach Jafar, Ulanov, M., Wiersema, K., Xu, D. & Zhang, J., 21 Sep 2022, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 665, 18 p., A125.

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  23. Published

    XMM-Newton observation of a dust echo and X-ray flash in GRB 031203

    Reeves..[et al.], J. N. & Watson, Darach Jafar, 2006, In: Advances in Space Research. 38, 7, p. 1287-1290

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  24. Published

    X-ray lines in gamma ray burst afterglows

    Reeves, J. N., Watson, Darach Jafar, Osborne, J. & O'Brien, P. T., 2004, In: Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 3, p. 947-

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  25. Published

    Soft X-ray emission lines in the afterglow spectrum of GRB 011211: a detailed XMM-Newton analysis

    Reeves, J. N., Watson, Darach Jafar, Osborne, J. & O'Brien, P. T., 2003, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 403, p. 463-472

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