Darach Jafar Watson

Darach Jafar Watson

Professor


  1. 2006
  2. Published

    GRB 050814 at z=5.3 and the redshift distribution of Swift GRBs

    Jakobsson, P., Levan, A., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Hjorth, Jens, Tanvir, N., Watson, Darach Jafar, Jensen, B. L., Sollerman, J. O., Natarajan, P., Gorosabel, J., Castro Cerón, J. M. & Pedersen, K., 2006, Gamma-ray bursts in the swift era.16th Annual Astrophysics Conference, NOV 29-DEC 02, 2005 Washington, DC: AIP Conference Proceedings vol.836. American Institute of Physics, Vol. 836. p. 552-557 5 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingArticle in proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    H I column densities of z > 2 swift gamma-ray bursts

    Jakobsson, P., Fynbo, J. P. U., Ledoux, C., Vreewijk, P. M., Kann, D. A., Hjorth, J., Priddey, R. S., Tanvir, N. R., Reichart, D., Gorosabel, J., Klose, S., Watson, D., Sollerman, J. O., Fruchter, A. S., de Ugarte Postigo, A., Wiersema, K., Björnsson, G., Chapman, R., Tröne, C. C., Pedersen, K. & 1 others, Jensen, B. L., 2006, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 460, 2, p. L13-L17

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  4. 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

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  5. 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

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  6. 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

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  7. 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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  8. Published

    Probing cosmic chemical evolution with gamma-ray bursts: GRB 060206 at z=4.048

    Fynbo, J. P. U., Starling, R. L. C., Ledoux, C., Wiersema, K., Thöne, C. C., Sollerman, J. O., Jakobsson, P., Hjorth, J., Watson, D., Vreeswijk, P. M., Møller, P., Rol, E., Gorosabel, J., Näränen, J., Wijers, R. A. M. J., Björnsson, G., Castro Cerón, J. M., Curran, P., Hartmann, D. H., Holland, S. T. & 6 others, Jensen, B. L., Levan, A. J., Limousin, M., Kouveliotou, C., Pedersen, K. & Tanvir, R., 2006, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 451, p. L47-L50

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Star formation rates and stellar masses in z ~ 1 gamma-ray burst hosts

    Castro Cerón, J. M., Michalowski, M., Hjorth, Jens, Watson, Darach Jafar, Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall & Gorosabel, J., 2006, In: Astrophysical Journal. 653, 2, p. L85-L88

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  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

    The X-ray spectrum and fightcurve of the redshift 6.29 gamma-ray burst GRB 050904

    Watson, Darach Jafar, Reeves, J., Hjorth, Jens, Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Jakobsson, P., Pedersen, K., Sollerman, J. O., Castro Cerón, J. M., McBreen, S. & Foley, S., 2006, AIP Conference Proceedings vol.836. 16th Annual Astrophysics ConferenceWashington, DC, NOV 29-DEC 02, 2005NASA, Goddard Space Flight Ctr; Univ Maryland; Gen Dynam. American Institute of Physics, Vol. 836. p. 582-585

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingArticle in proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    The galaxies in the field of the nearby GRB 980425/SN 1998bw

    Foley, S., Watson, Darach Jafar, Gorosabel, J., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Sollerman, J. O., McGlynn, S., McBreen, B. & Hjorth, Jens, 2006, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 447, p. 891-895

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  13. Published

    The soft X-ray blast in the apparently subluminous GRB 031203

    Watson, Darach Jafar, Vaughan, S. A., Willingale, R., Hjorth, Jens, Foley, S., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Jakobsson, P., Levan, A., O'Brian, P. T., Osborne, J. P., Pedersen, K., Reeves, J. N., Tedds, J. A. & Watson, M. G., 2006, In: Astrophysical Journal. 636, 2, p. 967-970

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  14. 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

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  15. 2005
  16. Published

    Women lose out in young investigator awards [1]

    Watson, Darach Jafar, Andersen, Anja C. & Hjorth, Jens, 14 Jul 2005, In: Nature. 436, 7048, 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalLetterResearchpeer-review

  17. Published

    GRB 050315: potential host galaxy

    Gorosabel, J., Laursen, P., Jensen, B. L., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Hjorth, Jens, Watson, Darach Jafar, Pedersen, H., Jakobsson, P., Castro Cerón, J. M. & Andersen, M. I., 2005, In: GRB Coordinates Network, Circular Service,. 3294, p. 1

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  18. Published

    GRB 050412: optical observations

    Jensen, B. L., Gorosabel, J., Laursen, P., Jakobsson, P., Watson, Darach Jafar, Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall & Hjorth, Jens, 2005

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  19. Published

    GRB 050509A: further I-band imaging

    Jensen, B. L., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Hjorth, Jens, Jakobsson, P., Castro Ceron, J. M., Pedersen, H. & Watson, Darach Jafar, 2005

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  20. Published

    GRB 050509A: optical observations

    Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Jensen, B. L., Hjorth, Jens, Jakobsson, P., Castro Ceron, J. M., Pedersen, H., Watson, Darach Jafar & Naranen, J., 2005

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  21. Published

    GRB 050509B: constraints on short gamma-ray burst models

    Hjorth, Jens, Sollerman, J., Gorosabel, J., Granot, J., Thomsen, B., Andersen, M. I., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Jensen, B. L., Jakobsson, P., Pedersen, K. & Watson, Darach Jafar, 2005, In: Astrophysical Journal. 630, 2, p. L117-L120

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  22. Published

    GRB 050709: optical afterglow candidate

    Price, P. A., Jensen, B. L., Jørgensen, Uffe Gråe, Hjorth, Jens, Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Watson, Darach Jafar, Castro Ceron, J. M., Pedersen, K., Pedersen, H. & Solleman, J., 2005

    Research output: Other contributionResearch

  23. Published

    GRB 050802.422: fading of the afterglow and detection of the host galaxy

    Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Jensen, B. L., Hjorth, Jens, Solleman, J., Watson, Darach Jafar, Castro Ceron, J. M., Gorosabel, J., Galfalk, M. & Kaas, A., 2005

    Research output: Other contributionResearch

  24. Published

    GRB 050824: spectroscopic redshift from the VLT

    Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Jensen, B. L., Sollerman, J., Hjorth, Jens, Watson, Darach Jafar, Pedersen, K., Jakobsson, P., Castro Ceron, J. M. & Gorosabel, J., 2005

    Research output: Other contributionResearch

  25. Published

    GRB 050906: optical observations at the very large telescope

    Jakobsson, P., Hjorth, Jens, Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Jensen, B. L. & Watson, Darach Jafar, 2005

    Research output: Other contributionResearch

  26. Published

    GRB 051117B: R and I observations of possible host galaxy

    Thöne, C., Feron, C., Jakobsson, P., Jensen, B. L., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Sollerman, J., Pedersen, H., Watson, Darach Jafar & Hjorth, Jens, 2005, -

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  27. 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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  28. Published

    GRB050709: chandra source optical counterpart

    Jensen, B. L., Jørgensen, Uffe Gråe, Hjorth, Jens, Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Watson, Darach Jafar, Castro Cerón, J. M., Pedersen, K., Pedersen, H. & Solleman, J., 2005

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  29. Published

    GRB050801: unchanged decay slope

    Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Jensen, B. L., Hjorth, Jens, Woller, K. G., Watson, Darach Jafar, Solleman, J., Fouque, P. & Andersen, M. I., 2005

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  30. Published

    GRB050801: optical photometry and decay index

    Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Jensen, B. L., Hjorth, Jens, Woller, K. G., Watson, Darach Jafar, Fouque, P. & Andersen, M. I., 2005

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  31. Published

    GRB050802: tentative absorption redshift

    Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Solleman, J., Jensen, B. L., Hjorth, Jens, Watson, Darach Jafar & Castro Ceron, J. M., 2005

    Research output: Other contributionResearch

  32. Published

    GRB050814: fading red source

    Jensen, B. L., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Hjorth, Jens, Solleman, J., Castro Ceron, J. M., Pedersen, K., Jakobsson, P., Watson, Darach Jafar & Solheim, J., 2005

    Research output: Other contributionResearch

  33. 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

  34. 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

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  35. Published

    The Host Galaxy Cluster of the Short gamma-Ray Burst GRB050509B

    Pedersen, K., Eliasdottir, A., Hjorth, Jens, Starling, R., Castro Ceron, J. M., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Gorosabel, J., Granada, I., Jakobsson, P., Sollerman, J. & Watson, Darach Jafar, 2005, In: Astrophysical Journal. 634, 1, p. L17-L20 part 2

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  36. Published

    The afterglow of GRB 050709 and the nature of short-hard gamma-ray bursts

    Frail...[et al.], D. A., Price, P. A., Berger, E. & Watson, Darach Jafar, 2005, In: Nature. 437, 7060, p. 845-850

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  37. Published

    The optical afterglow of the short gamma-ray burst GRB 050709

    Hjorth, Jens, Watson, Darach Jafar, Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Price, P. A., Jensen, B. L., Jørgensen, Uffe Gråe, Kubas, D., Groosabel, J., Jakobsson, P., Sollerman, J., Pedersen, K. & Kouveliotou, C., 2005, In: Nature. 437, 7060, p. 859-861

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  38. Published

    XRF 050509C: optical monitoring

    Gorosabel, J., Hjorth, Jens, Jensen, B. L., Jørgensen, Uffe Gråe, Beaulieu, J., Cassan, A., Donatowicz, J., Watson, Darach Jafar, Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Jakobsson, P., Castro Cerón, J. M. & Pedersen, H., 2005, -

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  39. Published

    XRF 050509C: optical afterglow

    Gorosabel, J., Jensen, B. L., Galaz, G., Salinas, R., Hjorth, Jens, Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Pedersen, H., Watson, Darach Jafar, Jakobsson, P. & Castro Cerón, J. M., 2005

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  40. 2004
  41. Published

    The supernova 2003lw associated with X-ray flash 031203

    Thomsen, B., Hjorth, Jens, Watson, Darach Jafar, Gorosabel, J., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Jensen, B. L., Andersen, Michael Ingemann, Dall, T. H., Rasmussen, J. R., Bruntt, H., Laurikainen, E., Augusteijn, T., Pursimo, T., Germany, L., Jakobsson, P. & Pedersen, K., 1 May 2004, In: Astronomy and Astrophysics. 419, 2, p. L21-L25

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  42. Published

    A very low luminosity X-ray flash: XMM newton observations of GRB 031203

    Watson, Darach Jafar, Hjorth, Jens & Pedersen, K., 2004, In: Astrophysical Journal. 605, p. L-101-L104

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  43. Published

    GRB 031203: a low luminosity x-ray flash with a galactic halo

    Osborne, J., Watson, Darach Jafar, Hjorth, Jens & Vaughan, S., 2004, In: Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. session 22, p. 974-

    Research output: Contribution to journalConference articleResearch

  44. Published

    GRB 031203 I-band monitoring

    Hjorth, Jens, Gorosabel, J., Jensen, B. L., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Rasmussen, J. R., Dall, T. H., Bersier, D., Watson, Darach Jafar, Pedersen, K., Jakobsson, P. & Pedersen, H., 2004

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  45. Published

    GRB041006: optical observations and potential host galaxy

    Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Jensen, B. L., Pedersen, K., Watson, Darach Jafar, Jakobsson, P., Bjornsson, G. & Hjorth, Jens, 2004

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  46. Published

    Gamma-ray bursts observed by XMM-Newton

    O'Brien ...[et al], P. T. & Watson, Darach Jafar, 2004, In: Societa Astronomica Italiana. Memorie. p. 420 ff.

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  47. 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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  48. Published

    Small-scale variations in the radiating surface of the GRB 011211 jet

    Jakobsson, P., Hjorth, Jens, Ramirez-Ruiz, E., Kouveliotou, C., Pedersen, K., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Gorosabel, J., Watson, Darach Jafar, Jensen, B. L., Grav, T., Hansen, M. W., Michelsen, R., Andersen, M. I., Weidinger, M. & Pederden, H., 2004, In: New Astronomy. 9, p. 435-442

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  49. Published

    Swift identification of dark gamma-ray bursts

    Jakobsson, P., Hjorth, Jens, Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Watson, Darach Jafar, Pedersen, K., Björnsson, G. & Gorosabel, J., 2004, In: Astrophysical Journal. 617, p. L21-L24

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  50. Published

    The discovery of an evolving dust-scattered X-ray halo around GRB 031203

    Vaughan ...[et al], S. & Watson, Darach Jafar, 2004, In: Astrophysical Journal. 603, p. L5-L8

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  51. Published

    The line-of-sight towards GRB 030429 at z =2.66: probing the matter at stellar, galactic and intergalactic scales

    Jakobsson, P., Hjorth, Jens, Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Watson, Darach Jafar, Pedersen, K. & Jensen, B. L., 2004, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 427, p. 785-794

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  52. Published

    The supernova 2003 1w associated with X-ray flash 031203

    Jakobsson, P., Thomsen, B., Hjorth, Jens, Watson, Darach Jafar, Gorosabel, J., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Jensen, B. L., Andersen, M. I., Dall, T. H., Rasmussen, J. R., Bruntt, H., Laurikainen, E., Augusteijn, T., Pursimo, T., Germany, L. & Pedersen, K., 2004, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 419, p. L21-L25

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  53. 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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