Darach Jafar Watson

Darach Jafar Watson

Professor


  1. 2014
  2. 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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  3. Published

    A dust-parallax distance of 19 megaparsecs to the supermassive black hole in NGC 4151

    Honig, S. F., Watson, Darach Jafar, Kishimoto, M. & Hjorth, Jens, 27 Nov 2014, In: Nature. 515, 7528, p. 528-+

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  4. Published

    HerMES: The Rest-frame UV Emission and a Lensing Model for the z = 6.34 Luminous Dusty Starburst Galaxy HFLS3

    Cooray, A., Calanog, J., Wardlow, J. L., Bock, J., Bridge, C., Burgarella, D., Bussmann, R. S., Casey, C. M., Clements, D., Conley, A., Farrah, D., Fu, H., Gavazzi, R., Ivison, R. J., La Porte, N., Lo Faro, B., Ma, B., Magdis, G., Oliver, S. J., Osage, W. A. & 6 others, Perez-Fournon, I., Riechers, D., Rigopoulou, D., Scott, D., Viero, M. & Watson, Darach Jafar, 20 Jul 2014, In: The Astrophysical Journal. 790, 1, 10 p., 40.

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  5. Published

    Rapid formation of large dust grains in the luminous supernova 2010j1

    Gall, Christa, Hjorth, Jens, Watson, Darach Jafar, Dwek, E., Maund, J. R., Fox, O., Leloudas, G., Malesani, Daniele Bjørn & Day-Jones, A. C., 17 Jul 2014, In: Nature. 511, 7509, p. 326-329

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  6. Published

    High-redshift standard candles: predicted cosmological constraints

    King, A. L., Davis, T. M., Denney, K. D., Vestergaard, Marianne & Watson, Darach Jafar, 11 Jul 2014, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 441, 4, p. 3454-3476

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  7. 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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  8. Published

    Investigating CXOU J163802.6-471358: A New Pulsar Wind Nebula in the Norma Region?

    Jakobsen, S. J., Tomsick, J. A., Watson, Darach Jafar, Gotthelf, E. V. & Kaspi, V. M., 1 Jun 2014, In: Astrophysical Journal. 787, 2, 7 p., 129.

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  9. 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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  10. Published

    Spectroscopy of the short-hard GRB 130603B: The host galaxy and environment of a compact object merger

    Postigo, A. D. U., Thoene, C. C., Rowlinson, A., Garcia-Benito, R., Levan, A. J., Gorosabel, J., Goldoni, P., Schulze, S., Zafar, T., Wiersema, K., Sanchez-Ramirez, R., Melandri, A., D'Avanzo, P., Oates, S., D'Elia, V., Pasquale, M. D., Kruehler, T., Horst, A. J. V. D., Xu, D., Watson, D. & 23 others, Piranomonte, S., Vergani, S., Milvang-Jensen, B., Kaper, L., Malesani, Daniele Bjørn, Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Cano, Z., Covino, S., Flores, H., Greiss, S., Hammer, F., Hartoog, O. E., Hellmich, S., Heuser, C., Hjorth, Jens, Jakobsson, P., Mottola, S., Sparre, M., Sollerman, J., Tagliaferri, G., Tanvir, N. R., Vestergaard, Marianne & Wijers, R. A. M. J., 1 Mar 2014, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 563, A62.

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  11. Published

    VLT/X-shooter spectroscopy of the GRB 120327A afterglow

    D'Elia, V., Fynbo, J. P. U., Goldoni, P., Covino, S., Postigo, A. D. U., Ledoux, C., Calura, F., Gorosabel, J., Malesani, D., Sanchez-Ramirez, F. M. R., Savaglio, S., Castro-Tirado, A. J., Hartoog, O. E., Kaper, L., Munoz-Darias, T., Pian, E., Piranomonte, S., Tagliaferri, G., Tanvir, N., Vergani, S. D. & 2 others, Watson, Darach Jafar & Xu, D., 17 Feb 2014, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 564, p. 38-56 18 p.

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  12. Published

    Spatially-resolved dust properties of the GRB 980425 host galaxy

    Michalowski, M. J., Hunt, L. K., Palazzi, E., Savaglio, S., Gentile, G., Rasmussen, J., Baes, M., Basa, S., Bianchi, S., Berta, S., Burlon, D., Castro Ceron, J. M., Covino, S., Cuby, J. -G., D'Elia, V., Ferrero, P., Goetz, D., Hjorth, J., Koprowski, M. P., Le Borgne, D. & 13 others, Le Floc'h, E., Malesani, Daniele Bjørn, Murphy, T., Pian, E., Piranomonte, S., Rossi, A., Sollerman, J., Tanvir, N. R., de Ugarte Postigo, A., Watson, Darach Jafar, van der Werf, P., Vergani, S. D. & Xu, D., 1 Feb 2014, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 562, 13 p., A70.

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  13. Published

    A New Population of Ultra-long Duration Gamma-Ray Bursts

    Levan, A. J., Tanvir, N. R., Starling, R. L. C., Wiersema, K., Page, K. L., Perley, D. A., Schulze, S., Wynn, G. A., Chornock, R., Hjorth, J., Cenko, S. B., Fruchter, A. S., O'Brien, P. T., Brown, G. C., Tunnicliffe, R. L., Malesani, D., Jakobsson, P., Watson, D., Berger, E., Bersier, D. & 21 others, Cobb, B. E., Covino, S., Cucchiara, A., de Ugarte Postigo, A., Fox, D. B., Gal-Yam, A., Goldoni, P., Gorosabel, J., Kaper, L., Kruehler, T., Karjalainen, R., Osborne, J. P., Pian, E., Sanchez-Ramirez, R., Schmidt, B., Skillen, I., Tagliaferri, G., Thoene, C., Vaduvescu, O., Wijers, R. A. M. J. & Zauderer, B. A., 20 Jan 2014, In: Astrophysical Journal. 781, 1, 22 p., 13.

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  14. 2013
  15. Published

    The metals-to-dust ratio to very low metallicities using GRB and QSO absorbers; extremely rapid dust formation

    Zafar, T. & Watson, Darach Jafar, 2 Dec 2013, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 560, A26.

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  16. Published

    DISCOVERY OF THE BROAD-LINED TYPE Ic SN 2013cq ASSOCIATED WITH THE VERY ENERGETIC GRB 130427A

    Xu, D., Ugarte Postigo, A. D., Leloudas, G., Krühler, T. C., Cano, Z., Hjorth, Jens, Malesani, Daniele Bjørn, Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Jakobsson, P., Kaper, L., Sollerman, J. O., Watson, Darach Jafar, Thöne, C., Milvang-Jensen, B. & Sparre, M., 20 Oct 2013, In: Astrophysical Journal. 776, 2, 98.

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  17. 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.

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  18. Published

    THERMAL EMISSION IN THE EARLY X-RAY AFTERGLOWS OF GAMMA-RAY BURSTS: FOLLOWING THE PROMPT PHASE TO LATE TIMES

    Friis, M. & Watson, Darach Jafar, 1 Jul 2013, In: Astrophysical Journal. 771, 1, 15.

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  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

    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. 3590-3606

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  21. Published

    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.

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  22. 2012
  23. Published

    The Optically Unbiased GRB Host (TOUGH) Survey. V. VLT/X-shooter Emission-line Redshifts for Swift GRBs at z ~ 2

    Krühler, T. C., Malesani, Daniele Bjørn, Milvang-Jensen, B., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Hjorth, Jens, Jakobsson, P., Levan, A., Sparre, M., Tanvir, N. R. & Watson, Darach Jafar, 10 Oct 2012, In: Astrophysical Journal. 758, 1, p. 46

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  24. Published

    The metal-enriched host of an energetic gamma-ray burst at z approximate to 1.6

    Krühler, T. C., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Geier, S. J., Hjorth, Jens, Malesani, Daniele Bjørn, Milvang-Jensen, B., Levan, A. J., Sparre, M., Watson, Darach Jafar & Zafar, T., 1 Oct 2012, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 546, p. A8

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  25. Published

    The optically unbiased GRB host (TOUGH) survey. I. Survey design and catalogs

    Hjorth, Jens, Malesani, Daniele Bjørn, Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Krühler, T. C., Milvang-Jensen, B., Michalowski, M., Watson, Darach Jafar & Jakobsson..[et al.], P., 10 Sep 2012, In: Astrophysical Journal. 756, 2, p. 187

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  26. Published

    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. 46

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  27. Published

    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. 89

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  28. Published

    The properties of the 2175 angstrom extinction feature discovered in GRB afterglows

    Zafar, T., Watson, Darach Jafar, Elíasdóttir, Á., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Krühler, T. C., Schady, P., Leloudas, G., Jakobsson, P., Thöne, C., Perley, D. A., Bloom, J. & Greiner, J., 1 Jul 2012, In: Astrophysical Journal. 753, 1, p. 82

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