Jens Hjorth

Jens Hjorth

Professor

Introductory remarks on publicationslist

> 300 refereed publications with > 20000 citations listed in the Astrophysics Data System
~20 scientific papers in Nature or Science
Most cited paper: J. Hjorth et al. Nature 423, 847–850 (2003): > 1000 citations
h-index (number of publications with more than h citations): 79


  1. 2008
  2. 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

  3. Published

    Spectroscopy and multiband photometry of the afterglow of intermediate duration ¿-ray burst GRB 040924 and its host galaxy

    Wiersema, K., Wiersema, A., Kann, A., Rol, E., Starling, R., Curran, P., Gorosabel, J., Levan, A., Fynbo, J. P. U., de Ugarte Postigo, A., Wijers, R., Castro-Tirado, A., Guziy, S., Hornstrup, A., Hjorth, J., Jelínek, M., Jensen, B., Kidger, M., Martin-Luis, F., Tanvir, N. & 2 others, Tristam, P. & Vreeswijk, P. M., 2008, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 481, 2, p. 319-326 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    The extreme, red afterglow of GRB 060923A: distance or dust?

    Tanvir, N., Levan, A., Rol, E., Starling, R., Gorosabel, J., Priddey, R., Malesani, D., Jakobsson, P., O'Brien, P., Jaunsen, A., Hjorth, Jens, Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Melandri, A., Gomboc, A., Milvang-Jensen, B., Fruchter, A., Jarvis, M., Fernandes, C. & Wold, T., 2008, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 388, 4, p. 1743-1750 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    The nature of GRB-selected submillimeter galaxies: hot and young

    Michalowski, M., Hjorth, Jens, Castro Cerón, J. M. & Watson, Darach Jafar, 2008, In: Astrophysical Journal. 672, 2, p. 817-824

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    GRB080603: NOT redshift

    Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Quirion, P., Malesani, Daniele Bjørn, Malesani, Daniele Bjørn, Thöne, C., Hjorth, Jens, Milvang-Jensen, B. & Jakobsson, P., 3 Jun 2008, USA

    Research output: Other contributionResearch

  7. Published

    GRB 080703: VLT observations of the afterglow

    Malesani, Daniele Bjørn, Vreeswijk, P. M., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Hjorth, Jens & Jakobsson, P., 4 Jul 2008, USA

    Research output: Other contributionResearch

  8. Published

    GRB 080805: VLT redshift update

    de Ugarte Postigo, A., Thöne, C., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Hjorth, Jens, Jacobsson, P., Bahindi, Z., Grundahl, F. & Ahrentoft, T., 11 Aug 2008, USA

    Research output: Other contributionResearch

  9. 2009
  10. 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.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    A search for disk-galaxy lenses in the sloan digital sky survey

    Féron, C., Hjorth, Jens, McKean, J. P. & Samsing, J., 2009, In: Astrophysical Journal. 696, 2, p. 1319-1338

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    Dust extinction in high-z galaxies with gamma-ray burst afterglow spectroscopy: the 2175 Å feature at z = 2.45

    Elíasdóttir, Á., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Hjorth, Jens, Ledoux, C., Watson, Darach Jafar, Andersen, A. C., Malesani, Daniele Bjørn, Vreeswijk, P. M., Prochaska, J. X., Sollerman, J. & Jaunsen, A. O., 2009, In: Astrophysical Journal. 697, 2, p. 1725-1740 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    Early spectroscopic identification of SN 2008D

    Malesani, Daniele Bjørn, Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Hjorth, Jens, Leloudas, G., Vreeswijk, P. M., Watson, Darach Jafar, Thöne, C., Milvang-Jensen, B. & Sollerman, J. O., 2009, In: Astrophysical Journal. 692, 2, p. L84-L87 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  14. Published

    GRB 060605: multi-wavelength analysis of the first GRB observed using integral field spectroscopy

    Ferrero..[et al.], P., Hjorth, Jens & Malesani, Daniele Bjørn, 2009, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 497, 3, p. 729-741

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  15. Published

    GRB 080913 at redshift 6.7

    Greiner, J., Krühler, T., Fynbo, J. P. U., Rossi, A., Schwarz, R., Klose, S., Savaglio, S., Tanvir, N. R., McBreen, S., Totani, T., Zhang, B. B., Wu, X. F., Watson, D., Barthelmy, S. D., Beardmore, A. P., Ferrero, P., Gehrels, N., Kann, D. A., Kawai, N., Yoldas, A. K. & 27 others, Mészáros, P., Milvang-Jensen, B., Oates, S. R., Pierini, D., Schady, P., Toma, K., Vreeswijk, P. M., Yoldas, A., Zhang, B., Afonso, P., Aoki, K., Burrows, D. N., Clemens, C., Filgas, R., Haiman, Z., Hartmann, D. H., Hasinger, G., Hjorth, Jens, Jehin, E., Levan, A. J., Liang, E. W., Malesani, Daniele Bjørn, Pyo, T., Schulze, S., Szokoly, G., Terada, K. & Wiersema, K., 2009, In: Astrophysical Journal. 693, 2, p. 1610-1620 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  16. Published

    Gravitational lenses as cosmic rules: omega(m), omega(lambda) from time delays and velocity dispersions

    Paraficz, D. & Hjorth, Jens, 2009, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 507, 3, p. L49-L52 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  17. 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

  18. 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

  19. Published

    NGC 2770: a supernova Ib factory ?

    Thöne, C. C., Michalowski, M., Leloudas, G., Cox, N. L. J., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Sollerman, J., Hjorth, Jens & Vreeswijk, P. M., 2009, In: Astrophysical Journal. 698, 2, p. 1307-1320

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  20. Published

    Results of optical monitoring of 5 SDSS double QSOs with the Nordic Optical Telescope

    Paraficz, D., Hjorth, Jens & Elíasdóttir, Á., 2009, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 499, 2, p. 395-408 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  21. Published

    The properties of the host galaxy and the immediate environment of GRB 980425 / SN 1998bw from the multi-wavelength spectral energy distribution

    Michalowski, M., Hjorth, Jens, Malesani, Daniele Bjørn, Michalowski, T., María Castro Cerón, J., Reinfrank, R. F., Garrett, M. A., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Watson, Darach Jafar & Jørgensen, Uffe Gråe, 2009, In: Astrophysical Journal. 693, 1, p. 347-354

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  22. 2010
  23. Published

    Erratum: "Low-Resolution Spectroscopy of Gamma-Ray Burst Optical Afterglows: Biases in the Swift Sample and Characterization of the Absorbers" (2009, ApJS, 185, 526)

    Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Malesani, Daniele Bjørn, Vreeswijk, P. M., Hjorth, Jens, Sollerman, J. O., Thöne, C., Maund, J. R., Milvang-Jensen, B., Watson, Darach Jafar & Xu, D., 3 Feb 2010, In: Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 186, 2, p. 485-496 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalComment/debateResearchpeer-review

  24. Published

    Rapid Dust Production in Submillimeter Galaxies at z > 4?

    Michalowski, M., Watson, Darach Jafar & Hjorth, Jens, 1 Apr 2010, In: Astrophysical Journal. 712, 2, p. 942-950 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  25. Published

    The Hubble Constant Inferred from 18 Time-delay Lenses

    Paraficz, D. & Hjorth, Jens, 1 Apr 2010, In: Astrophysical Journal. 712, 2, p. 1378-1384 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  26. Published

    GRB 090313: X-shooter's first shot at a gamma-ray burst

    de Ugarte Postigo...[et al.}, A., Goldoni, P., Thöne, C., Malesani, Daniele Bjørn, Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Hjorth, Jens, Rasmussen, Per Kjærgaard & Andersen, M., 22 Apr 2010, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 513, p. A42 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  27. Published

    Cosmic evolution of submillimeter galaxies and their contribution to stellar mass assembly

    Michalowski, M., Hjorth, Jens & Watson, Darach Jafar, 28 May 2010, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 514, p. A67 51 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  28. 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

  29. Published

    Photometry and spectroscopy of GRB 060526: a detailed study of the afterglow and host galaxy of a z=3.2 gamma-ray burst

    Thöne, C., Kann, D. A., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Hjorth, Jens, Jørgensen, Uffe Gråe, Malesani, Daniele Bjørn & Vreeswijk, P. M., 17 Jul 2010, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 523, A70, 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  30. Published

    GRB 021004: Tomography of a gamma-ray burst progenitor and its host galaxy

    Castro-Tirado...[et al.], A. J., Møller, P., Castro Cerón, J. M., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Hjorth, Jens, Pedersen, H. & Vreeswijk, P. M., 6 Aug 2010, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 517, p. A61 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  31. Published

    The Afterglows of Swift-era Gamma-ray Bursts. I. Comparing pre-Swift and Swift-era Long/Soft (Type II) GRB Optical Afterglows

    Kann...[et al.], D. A., Klose, S., Zhang, B., Malesani, Daniele Bjørn, Castro Cerón, J. M., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Hjorth, Jens, Laursen, Peter, Sollerman, J. O. & Watson, Darach Jafar, 10 Sep 2010, In: Astrophysical Journal. 720, 2, p. 1513-1558 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  32. 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.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  33. Published

    Statistical mechanics of collisionless orbits. I. origin of central cusps in dark-matter halos

    Hjorth, Jens & Williams, L. L. R., 23 Sep 2010, In: Astrophysical Journal. 722, 1, p. 851-855 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  34. Published

    Statistical mechanics of collisionless orbits. II. structure of halos

    Williams, L. L. R. & Hjorth, Jens, 1 Oct 2010, In: Astrophysical Journal. 722, 1, p. 856-861 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  35. Published

    The unusual X-ray emission of the short Swift GRB 090515: evidence for the formation of a magnetar?

    Rowlinson...[et al.], A., O'Brien, P. T., Tanvir, N. R. & Hjorth, Jens, 5 Oct 2010, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 409, 2, p. 531-540 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  36. Published

    Discovery of the afterglow and host galaxy of the low-redshift short GRB 080905A

    Rowlinson...[et al.], A., Wiersema, K., Levan, A. J., Hjorth, Jens, Thöne, C. & Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, 11 Oct 2010, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 408, 1, p. 383-391 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  37. Published

    Dust grain growth in the interstellar medium of 5 < z < 6.5 quasars

    Michalowski, M., Murphy, E., Hjorth, Jens, Watson, Darach Jafar, Gall, C. & Dunlop, J. S., 27 Oct 2010, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 522, A15, 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  38. Published

    Simultaneous polarization monitoring of supernovae SN2008D/XT 080109 and SN2007uy: isolating geometry from dust

    Gorosabel...[et al.], J., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Hjorth, Jens, Michalowski, M. & Xu, D., 27 Oct 2010, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 522, p. A14 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  39. Published

    VLT/X-shooter spectroscopy of the GRB 090926A afterglow

    D'Elia...[et al.], V., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Sollerman, J. O., Vreeswijk, P. M., Watson, Darach Jafar, Zafar, T., Hjorth, Jens, Malesani, Daniele Bjørn & Milvang-Jensen, B., 15 Nov 2010, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 532, A36, 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  40. Published

    Statistical mechanics of collisionless orbits. III. comparison with N-body simulations

    Williams, L. L. R., Wojtak, R. & Hjorth, Jens, 17 Nov 2010, In: Astrophysical Journal. 725, 1, p. 282-287 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  41. Published

    Late-time observations of GRB 080319B: jet break, host galaxy, and accompanying supernova

    Tanvir..[et al.], N. R., Rol, E., Levan, A. J., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall & Hjorth, Jens, 19 Nov 2010, In: Astrophysical Journal. 725, 1, p. 625-632 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  42. 2011
  43. Published

    GRB 050502B optical afterglow: a jet-break at high redshift

    Afonso...[et al.], P., Greiner, J., Pian, E., Covino, S., Malesani, Daniele Bjørn & Hjorth, Jens, 13 Jan 2011, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 526, p. A154 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  44. Published

    Genesis and evolution of dust in galaxies in the early Universe. I. Modelling dust evolution in starburst galaxies

    Gall, Christa, Andersen, Anja C. & Hjorth, Jens, 18 Feb 2011, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 528, p. A13

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  45. Published

    Genesis and evolution of dust in galaxies in the early Universe. II. Rapid dust evolution in quasars at z ¿ 6

    Gall, Christa, Andersen, Anja C. & Hjorth, Jens, 18 Feb 2011, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 528, p. A14

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  46. Published

    Discovery of the nearby long, soft GRB 100316D with an associated supernova

    Starling...[et al.], R. L. C., Wiersema, K., Levan, A. J., Sollerman, J. O., Malesani, Daniele Bjørn, Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall & Hjorth, Jens, 1 Mar 2011, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 411, 4, p. 2792-2803

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  47. Published

    GRB-selected galaxies

    Jakobsson, P., Malesani, Daniele Bjørn, Hjorth, Jens, Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall & Milvang-Jensen, B., 1 Mar 2011, In: Astronomische Nachrichten. 332, 3, p. 276-280

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  48. Published

    Variable Lya sheds light on the environment surrounding GRB 090426

    Thöne, C., Ugarte Postigo, A. D., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Hjorth, Jens, Malesani, Daniele Bjørn, Milvang-Jensen, B. & Roming...[et al.], P. W. A., 25 Mar 2011, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 414, 1, p. 479-488

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  49. Published

    GRB host galaxies: An unbiased sample

    Jakobsson, P., Malesani, Daniele Bjørn, Hjorth, Jens, Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall & Milvang-Jensen, B., 15 Apr 2011, In: Advances in Space Research. 47, 8, p. 1416-1420

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  50. Published

    The properties of SN Ib/c locations

    Leloudas, G., Gallazzi, A. R., Sollerman, J. O., Stritzinger, M. D., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Hjorth, Jens, Malesani, Daniele Bjørn, Michalowski, M., Milvang-Jensen, B. & Smith, M., 18 May 2011, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 530, p. A95

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  51. 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

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  52. Published

    A Photometric Redshift of z ~ 9.4 for GRB 090429B

    Cucchiara..[et al.], A., Levan, A. J., Fox, D. B., Tanvir, N. R., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Hjorth, Jens & Malesani, Daniele Bjørn, 28 Jun 2011, In: Astrophysical Journal. 736, 1, p. 7

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  53. Published

    An Extremely Luminous Panchromatic Outburst from the Nucleus of a Distant Galaxy

    Levan..[et al.], A. J., Tanvir, N. R., Cenko, S. B., Ugarte Postigo, A. D., Leloudas, G., Hjorth, Jens, Thöne, C., Castro Cerón, J. M. & Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, 8 Jul 2011, In: Science. 333, 6039, p. 199-202

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  54. Published

    DEUS: Current and Future Challenges of the Dark and Early Universes, Copenhagen, Denmark

    James, J. B., Pandolfi, S., Rapetti Serra, D. A., Riemer-Sørensen, S., Hjorth, Jens & Davis, T. M., 8 Aug 2011.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaperResearchpeer-review

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