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1 Curriculum Vitae for Páll Jakobsson Name: Páll Jakobsson Date of Birth: 9 June 1976 Nationality: Spouse: Icelandic Linda Mjöll Andrésdóttir Children: Jakob Felix Pálsson (born 22 November 2006) Andrea Arna Pálsdóttir (born 11 April 2008) Address: Bæjartún 15, 200 Kópavogur, Iceland. Mobile: Position: Education: Employment: Professor at the Centre for Astrophysics and Cosmology, University of Iceland, Dunhagi 5, 107 Reykjavík. Phone: Fax: pja@hi.is 1999: B.Sc. in Physics, University of Iceland. 2002: M.Sc. in Astronomy, University of Copenhagen. 2005: Ph.D. in Astronomy, University of Copenhagen. Part of my Ph.D. studies were obtained as an Honorary Visiting Fellow at the University of Leicester (6 months) and as an invited graduate student at Caltech (1 month). Aug 2005 Mar 2006: Postdoc at the Dark Cosmology Centre, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen. Apr 2006 Dec 2006: PDRA at the University of Hertfordshire. Jan 2007 Aug 2008: Marie Curie Fellowship at the University of Hertfordshire. Aug 2008 Aug 2010: Associate Professor & Marie Curie Fellow at the University of Iceland. Research Int.: Gamma-ray bursts, gravitational lensing, dark matter and dark energy in the Universe, evolution of large-scale structure, galaxy formation, cosmological parameters. Teaching: Teaching assistant: Physics 2 at the University of Iceland (1999); Introduction to Cosmology at the University of Copenhagen (2004); Advanced Cosmology at the University of Copenhagen (2006). Lecturer and exercise classes (University of Iceland): Classical Dynamics ( , ); Life in the Universe (2009, , 2015); Astrophysics 1 (2009 & 2012); Astrophysics 2 (2010); Experimental Physics ( ). Currently supervising two PhD students and one MSc student. 1
2 Telescope time and observations: On large ground-based telescopes I have had 12 successful proposals (total of roughly 120 nights) as sole Principal Investigator (PI), and more than 100 as co-investigator. I am currently the PI of the GRB Target-of-Opportunity programme at the Nordic Optical Telescope. A very experienced observer (gamma-ray bursts, supernovae, galaxy clusters, GRB host galaxies): 2.56-m Nordic Optical Telescope on La Palma [7 times], 3.58-m New Technology Telescope at La Silla [once], 5.08-m Hale Telescope at Palomar [once], 8.20-m Very Large Telescope (Kueyen) at Paranal [once]. Grants and awards: University of Iceland Research Fund Grant (1.8 MÍSK, 2014, HÍ). Reduction (25%) in Teaching Duty Award ( , HÍ). University of Iceland Research Fund Grant (1.5 MÍSK, 2013, HÍ). Motivation Award (2 MÍSK, 2012, Science and Technology Policy Council). PI of a Project Grant (20 MÍSK, , RANNÍS). University of Iceland Research Fund Grant (2.0 MÍSK, 2012, HÍ). Reduction (25%) in Teaching Duty Award ( , HÍ). University of Iceland Research Fund Grant (1.6 MÍSK, 2011, HÍ). University of Iceland Research Fund Grant (1.1 MÍSK, 2010, HÍ). University of Iceland Research Fund Grant (1.2 MÍSK, 2009, HÍ). Marie Curie European Reintegration Grant (45 keur, , EU). PI of a Grant of Excellence (37.8 MÍSK, , RANNÍS). Marie Curie Fellowship (160 keur, , EU). Co-investigator of a Project Grant (14 MÍSK, , RANNÍS). Co-investigator of a Grant of Excellence (21 MÍSK, , RANNÍS). Mobility grant (110 kdkk, , NorFA). Excellent PhD project (600 kísk, , Minningarsjóður Helgu Jónsdóttur og Sigurliða Kristjánssonar). Rannsóknanámsjóður (2 MÍSK, , RANNÍS). Icelanders studying in Copenhagen (25 kdkk, 2001, A. P. Møller). Danish Government Scholarship (70 kdkk, , DK). 2
3 Conferences and talks: I have given over 25 talks and research colloquia at conferences and workshops, both national and international. Some recent highlights: The Redshift Distribution of the TOUGH Survey, Gamma-Ray Bursts 2012 (Marbella, Málaga, Spain - October 2012). The Optically Unbiased GRB Host (TOUGH) sample, IAU Symposium 279: Death of Massive Stars (Nikko, Japan - March 2012). Host Galaxies of Long Gamma-Ray Bursts, High Energy Astrophysics Division Meeting (Newport, Rhode Island, USA - September 2011). Host Galaxies of Long Gamma-Ray Bursts, Gamma Ray Bursts 2010 (Annapolis, USA - November 2010) [Invited review talk]. GRB-Selected Galaxies, The First Year of Science with X-shooter (Como, Italy - October 2010) [Invited review talk]. Is There a Significant Fraction of GRBs Located in Dusty Environs?, Nordic Astrophysics 2010 (Visby, Sweden - May 2010). Low-Resolution Spectroscopy of Gamma-ray Burst Optical Afterglows: Biases in the Swift Sample, Deciphering the Ancient Universe with Gamma-Ray Bursts (Kyoto, Japan - April 2010). Gammablossar: Leiftur úr fjarlægri fortíð, Málþing í tilefni alþjóðlegs árs stjörnufræðinnar (Akureyri - March 2010) [Invited public talk]. GRB Host Galaxies: An Unbiased Sample, Gamma Ray Bursts & Neutron Stars: Recent Developments & Future Directions (Cairo & Alexandria, Egypt - April 2009). Gammablossar og sprengistjörnur: Leiftur úr fjarlægri fortíð, Undur veraldar: Undur alheimsins (Reykjavík - February 2009) [Invited public talk]. GRBs as Cosmological Tools, The Sixth Huntsville Gamma-Ray Burst Symposium (Huntsville, USA - October 2008) [Invited review talk]. Gamma-Ray Bursts and the Star-Formation History of the Universe, Natural Science Symposium (Reykjavík - March 2008) [Invited plenary talk]. Building a complete sample of Swift GRBs, Nordic Cosmology Workshop (Oslo, Norway - March 2008) [Invited]. What made GRBs and ?, : The Next Decade of GRB Afterglows (Amsterdam, Holland - March 2007) [Invited]. Fundamental Properties of GRB-Selected Galaxies, Eleventh Marcel Grossmann Meeting (Berlin, Germany - July 2006) [Invited]. 3
4 GRB at z = 5.3 and a Mean Redshift of 2.8 for Swift GRBs, Gamma- Ray Bursts in the Swift Era (Washington DC, USA - November 2005). Swift Identification of Dark GRBs, European GRB Research Training Network Meeting (Reykjavík - April 2005). Publications: List of publications includes 110 papers (12 as first author) in refereed journals + 2 in press + 1 submitted, 23 in conference proceedings, 227 GCNs or IAUCs. 407 publications currently listed in the Astronomical Data System (ADS), with 7758 (530) total (normalized) citations. My h-index, a quantification of scientific output of individual scientific authors (see physics/ ), is 44 (an h-index between 10 and 12 is a typical value for advancement to tenure). I am now the most cited astronomer from my country (Iceland) over the past five years. Please, see below the list of the refereed publications. 1. A. J. Castro-Tirado, M. R. Zapatero-Osorio, N. Caon, et al. (52 authors including P. Jakobsson). Decay of the GRB Optical Afterglow: Implications for the Fireball Model. Science, 283, (1999). 2. Ö. E. Rögnvaldsson, T. R. Greve, J. Hjorth, et al. (10 authors including P. Jakobsson). Depletion of Background Galaxies Owing to the Cluster Lens CL : U- and R-Band Observations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 322, (2001). 3. G. Björnsson, J. Hjorth, P. Jakobsson, L. Christensen & S. Holland. The Jet and the Supernova in GRB Astrophysical Journal Letters, 552, L121 L124 (2001). 4. S. Dye, A. N. Taylor, T. R. Greve, et al. (9 authors including P. Jakobsson). Lens Magnification by CL in the U and R Band. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 386, (2002). 5. P. Møller, J. P. U. Fynbo, J. Hjorth, et al. (13 authors including P. Jakobsson). Absorption Systems in the Spectrum of GRB Astronomy & Astrophysics Letters, 396, L21 L24 (2002). 6. S. Holland, M. Weidinger, J. P. U. Fynbo, et al. (20 authors including P. Jakobsson). Optical Photometry of GRB : The First Month. Astronomical Journal, 125, (2003). 7. J. Hjorth, J. Sollerman, P. Møller, et al. (27 authors including P. Jakobsson). A Very Energetic Supernova Associated with the γ-ray Burst of 29 March Nature, 423, (2003). 8. J. U. Fynbo, P. Jakobsson, P. Møller, et al. On the Lyα Emission from Gamma-Ray Burst Host Galaxies: Evidence for Low Metallicities. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 406, L63 L66 (2003). 9. D. Watson, J. N. Reeves, J. Hjorth, P. Jakobsson & K. Pedersen. Delayed Soft X-ray Emission Lines in the Afterglow of GRB Astrophysical Journal Letters, 595, L29 L32 (2003). 10. P. Jakobsson, J. Hjorth, J. P. U. Fynbo, et al. The Afterglow and the Host Galaxy of GRB Astronomy & Astrophysics, 408, (2003). 11. P. Jakobsson, J. Hjorth, E. Ramirez-Ruiz, et al. Small-Scale Variations in the Radiating Surface of the GRB Jet. New Astronomy, 9, (2004). 4
5 12. D. Watson, J. Hjorth, A. Levan, P. Jakobsson, et al. A Very Low Luminosity X-ray Flash: XMM-Newton Observations of GRB Astrophysical Journal Letters, 425, L33 L36 (2004). 13. B. Thomsen, J. Hjorth, D. Watson, et al. (16 authors including P. Jakobsson). The Supernova 2003lw Associated with X-ray Flash Astronomy & Astrophysics Letters, 419, L21 L25 (2004). 14. J. P. U. Fynbo, J. Sollerman, J. Hjorth, et al. (34 authors including P. Jakobsson). On the Afterglow of the X-ray Flash of July : Photometric Evidence for an Off-Axis Gamma-Ray Burst with an Associated Supernova? Astrophysical Journal, 609, (2004). 15. D. Watson, J. Hjorth, P. Jakobsson, et al. Massive Star-Formation Rates of Gamma-Ray Burst Host Galaxies: An Unobscured View in X-rays. Astronomy & Astrophysics Letters, 425, L33 L36 (2004). 16. P. Jakobsson, J. Hjorth, J. P. U. Fynbo, et al. The Line-of-Sight Towards GRB at z = 2.66: Probing the Matter at Stellar, Galactic and Intergalactic Scales. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 427, (2004). 17. P. Jakobsson, J. Hjorth, J. P. U. Fynbo, et al. Swift Identification of Dark Gamma-Ray Bursts. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 617, L21 L24 (2004). 18. P. Jakobsson, J. Hjorth, I. Burud, et al. An Optical Time Delay for the Double Gravitational Lens System FBQ Astronomy & Astrophysics, 431, (2005). 19. P. Jakobsson, D. A. Frail, D. B. Fox, et al. The Radio Afterglow and Host Galaxy of the Dark GRB Astrophysical Journal, 629, (2005). 20. P. Jakobsson, G. Björnsson, J. P. U. Fynbo, et al. Lyα and UV Emission from High-z GRB Hosts: To What Extent Do GRBs Trace Star Formation? Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 362, (2005). 21. J. Hjorth, J. Sollerman, J. Gorosabel, et al. (22 authors including P. Jakobsson). GRB B: Constraints on Short Gamma-Ray Burst Models. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 630, L117 L120 (2005). 22. J. Hjorth, D. Watson, J. P. U. Fynbo, et al. (12 authors including P. Jakobsson). The Optical Afterglow of the Short γ-ray Burst GRB Nature, 437, (2005). 23. J. P. U. Fynbo, J. Gorosabel, A. Smette, et al. (27 authors including P. Jakobsson). On the Afterglow and Host Galaxy of GRB : A Comprehensive Study with the Hubble Space Telescope. Astrophysical Journal, 633, (2005). 24. K. Pedersen, Á. Elíasdóttir, J. Hjorth, et al. (10 authors including P. Jakobsson) The Host Galaxy Cluster of the Short Gamma-Ray Burst GRB B. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 634, L17 L20 (2005). 25. J. Gorosabel, D. Pérez-Ramírez, J. Sollerman, et al. (16 authors including P. Jakobsson). The GRB Host: A Blue Low Metallicity Subluminous Galaxy with Intense Star Formation. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 444, (2005). 26. K. Pedersen, K. Hurley, J. Hjorth, et al. (21 authors including P. Jakobsson). Multi- Wavelength Studies of the Optically Dark Gamma-Ray Burst A. Astrophysical Journal, 636, (2006). 27. D. Watson, S. Vaughan, D. Willingale, et al. (13 authors including P. Jakobsson). The Soft X-ray Blast in the Apparantly Sub-Luminous Gamma-Ray Burst of 3 December Astrophysical Journal, 636, (2006). 28. D. Watson, J. N. Reeves, J. Hjorth, J. P. U. Fynbo, P. Jakobsson, et al. Outshining the Quasars at Reionisation: The X-ray Spectrum and Lightcurve of the Redshift 6.29 γ-ray Burst GRB Astrophysical Journal Letters, 637, L69 L72 (2006). 5
6 29. P. M. Vreeswijk, A. Smette, A. S. Fruchter, et al. (19 authors including P. Jakobsson). Low-Resolution VLT Spectroscopy of GRBs , and Astronomy & Astrophysics, 447, (2006). 30. P. Jakobsson, A. Levan, J. P. U. Fynbo, et al. A Mean Redshift of 2.8 for Swift Gamma- Ray Bursts. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 447, (2006). 31. J. P. U. Fynbo, R. L. C. Starling, C. Ledoux, et al. (28 authors including P. Jakobsson). Probing Cosmic Chemical Evolution with Gamma-Ray Bursts: GRB at z = Astronomy & Astrophysics Letters, 451, L47 L50 (2006). 32. J. Sollerman, A. O. Jaunsen, J. P. U. Fynbo, J. Hjorth, P. Jakobsson, et al. Supernova 2006aj and the Associated X-ray Flash Astronomy & Astrophysics, 454, (2006). 33. D. Watson, J. Hjorth, P. Jakobsson, et al. Are Short Gamma-Ray Bursts Collimated? GRB050709, a Flare but No Break. Astronomy & Astrophysics Letters, 454, L123 L126 (2006). 34. D. Paraficz, J. Hjorth, I. Burud, P. Jakobsson & Á. Elíasdóttir. Microlensing Variability in Time-Delay Quasars. Astronomy & Astrophysics Letters, 455, L1 L4 (2006). 35. A. J. Levan, N. R. Tanvir, A. S. Fruchter, et al. (17 authors including P. Jakobsson). The Faint Afterglow and Host Galaxy of the Short-Hard GRB Astrophysical Journal Letters, 648, L9 L12 (2006). 36. D. Watson, J. P. U. Fynbo, C. Ledoux, et al. (36 authors including P. Jakobsson). A log(n HI ) = 22.5 DLA in a Dark Gamma-Ray Burst: The Environment of GRB Astrophysical Journal, 652, (2006). 37. P. Jakobsson, J. P. U. Fynbo, C. Ledoux, et al. Hi Column Densities of z > 2 Swift Gamma-Ray Bursts. Astronomy & Astrophysics Letters, 460, L13 L17 (2006). 38. J. P. U. Fynbo, D. Watson, C. Thöne, et al. (24 authors including P. Jakobsson). No Supernovae Associated with Two Long-Duration γ-ray Bursts. Nature, 444, (2006). 39. J. Sollerman, J. P. U. Fynbo, J. Gorosabel, et al. (27 authors including P. Jakobsson). The Nature of the X-Ray Flash of August Astronomy & Astrophysics, 444, (2007). 40. D. Watson, J. Hjorth, J. P. U. Fynbo, P. Jakobsson, et al. Very Different X-ray to Optical Column Density Ratios in Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglows: Ionisation in GRB Environments. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 444, L101 L104 (2007). 41. V. Stanishev, A. Goobar, S. Benetti, et al. (32 authors including P. Jakobsson). SN 2003du: 480 days in the Life of a Normal Type Ia Supernova. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 469, (2007). 42. A. J. Levan, P. Jakobsson, C. Hurkett, et al. A Case of Mistaken Identity: GRB A and the Nature of the Long-Short Divide. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 378, (2007). 43. P. A. Curran, A. J. van der Horst, R. A. M. J. Wijers, et al. (23 authors including P. Jakobsson). GRB and the Quandary of Achromatic Breaks in Afterglow Light Curves. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters, 381, L65 L69 (2007). 44. P. Ferrero, S. F. Sanchez, D. A. Kann, et al. (21 authors including P. Jakobsson). Constraints on an Optical Afterglow and on Supernova Light Following the Short Burst Astronomical Journal, 134, (2007). 45. A. E. Ruiz-Velasco, H. Swan, E. Troja, et al. (40 authors including P. Jakobsson). Detection of GRB at z = 5.47: Implications for the Use of Gamma-Ray Bursts as Probes of the End of the Dark Ages. Astrophysical Journal, 669, 1 9 (2007). 6
7 46. A. J. Levan, N. R. Tanvir, P. Jakobsson, et al. On the Nature of the Short-Duration GRB Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 384, (2008). 47. N. R. Tanvir, A. J. Levan, J. Gorosabel, et al. (15 authors including P. Jakobsson). The Extreme, Red Afterglow of GRB A: Distance or Dust?. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 388, (2008). 48. D. Malesani, J. P. U. Fynbo, J. Gorosabel, et al. (26 authors including P. Jakobsson). Early Spectroscopic Identification of SN 2008D. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 692, L84 L87 (2009). 49. C. Guidorzi, C. Clemens, S. Kobayashi, et al. (34 authors including P. Jakobsson). Rise and Fall of the X-ray Flash : An Off-Axis Jet? Astronomy & Astrophysics, 499, (2009). 50. N. R. Tanvir, D. B. Fox, A. J. Levan, et al. (63 authors including P. Jakobsson). A γ-ray Burst at a Redshift of z 8.3. Nature, 461, (2009). 51. R. L. C. Starling, E. Rol, A. J. van der Horst, et al. (19 authors including P. Jakobsson). Constraining the Energy Budget of GRB Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 400, (2009). 52. J. P. U. Fynbo, P. Jakobsson, J. X. Prochaska, et al. Low-Resolution Spectroscopy of Gamma-Ray Burst Optical Afterglows: Biases in the Swift Sample and Characterization of the Absorbers. Astrophysical Journal Supplements, 185, (2009). 53. S. B. Pandey, C. A. Swenson, D. A. Perley, et al. (33 authors including P. Jakobsson). GRB B: Afterglow Observations and Implications. Astrophysical Journal, 714, (2010). 54. S. T. Holland, B. Sbarufatti, R. Shen, et al. (13 authors including P. Jakobsson). GRB B and its Host Galaxy: A Step Towards an Understanding of Optically Dark Gamma- Ray Bursts. Astrophysical Journal, 717, (2010). 55. D. A. Kann, S. Klose, B. Zhang, et al. (76 authors including P. Jakobsson). The Afterglows of Swift-era Gamma-Ray Bursts. I. Comparing pre-swift and Swift era Long/Soft (Type II) GRB Optical Afterglows. Astrophysical Journal, 720, (2010). 56. M. A. Campisi, L. X. Li & P. Jakobsson. Redshift Distribution and Luminosity Function of Long Gamma-Ray Bursts from Cosmological Simulations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 407, (2010). 57. A. Rowlinson, K. Wiersema, A. J. Levan, et al. (13 authors including P. Jakobsson). Discovery of the Afterglow and Host Galaxy of the Low-Redshift Short GRB A. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 408, (2010). 58. V. D Elia, J. P. U. Fynbo, P. Goldini, et al. (24 authors including P. Jakobsson). VLT/Xshooter Spectroscopy of the GRB A Afterglow. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 523, A36 (2010). 59. C. C. Thöne, D. A. Kann, G. Jóhannesson, et al. (56 authors including P. Jakobsson). Photometry and Spectroscopy of GRB : A Detailed Study of the Afterglow and Host of a z = 3.2 Gamma-Ray Burst. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 523, A70 (2010). 60. N. R. Tanvir, E. Rol, A. J. Levan, et al. (18 authors including P. Jakobsson). Late Time Observations of GRB B: Jet Break, Host Galaxy and Accompanying Supernova. Astrophysical Journal, 725, (2010). 61. L. Christensen, C. C. Thöne, A. de Ugarte Postigo, J. P. U. Fynbo, J. X. Prochaska & P. Jakobsson. A High Signal-To-Noise Ratio Composite Spectrum of Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglows. Astrophysical Journal, 727, A73 (2011). 62. A. de Ugarte Postigo, I. Horváth, P. Veres, et al. (19 authors including P. Jakobsson). Searching for Differences in Swift s Intermediate GRBs. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 525, A109 (2011). 7
8 63. S. Schulze, S. Klose, G. Björnsson, P. Jakobsson, et al. The Circumburst Density Profile Around GRB Progenitors: A Statistical Study. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 526, A23 (2011). 64. R. L. C. Starling, K. Wiersema, A. J. Levan, et al. (43 authors including P. Jakobsson). Discovery of the Nearby Long, Soft GRB D with an Associated Supernova. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 411, (2011). 65. P. Jakobsson, D. Malesani, J. Hjorth, et al. GRB Host Galaxies: An Unbiased Sample. Advances in Space Research, 47, (2011). 66. P. Jakobsson, D. Malesani, J. Hjorth, et al. GRB-Selected Galaxies. Astronomiche Nachrichten, 332, (2011). 67. A. De Cia, P. Jakobsson, G. Björnsson, et al. Probing GRB Environments with Time Variability: ULTRASPEC Fast Imaging of GRB Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 412, (2011). 68. C. C. Thöne, S. Campana, D. Lazzati, et al. (19 authors including P. Jakobsson). Variable Lyα Sheds Light on the Environment Surrounding GRB Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 414, (2011). 69. M. Sparre, J. Sollerman, J. P. U. Fynbo, et al. (22 authors including P. Jakobsson). Spectroscopic Evidence for SN 2010ma Associated with GRB B. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 735, L24 (2011). 70. A. Cucchiara, A. J. Levan, D. B. Fox, et al. (33 authors including P. Jakobsson). A Photometric Redshift of z 9.4 for GRB B. Astrophysical Journal, 736, A7 (2011). 71. A. J. Levan, N. R. Tanvir, S. B. Cenko, et al. (61 authors including P. Jakobsson). An Extremely Luminous Panchromatic Outburst from the Nucleus of a Distant Galaxy. Science, 333, (2011). 72. T. Zafar, D. J. Watson, J. P. U. Fynbo, D. Malesani, P. Jakobsson & A. de Ugarte Postigo. The Extinction Curves of Star-Forming Regions from z = 0.1 to 6.7 Using GRB Afterglow Spectroscopy. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 532, A143 (2011). 73. A. De Cia, R. L. C. Starling, K. Wiersema, et al. (12 authors including P. Jakobsson). GRB and the Environments of Spectral-Line Poor Afterglow Absorbers. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 418, (2011). 74. S. D. Vergani, H. Flores, S. Covino, et al. (37 authors including P. Jakobsson). GRB /SN 2009nz and the VLT/X-shooter Spectroscopy of Its Host Galaxy: Probing the Faint End of the Mass-Metallicity Relation. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 535, A127 (2011). 75. J. Mao, D. Malesani, P. D Avanzo, S. Covino, S. Li, P. Jakobsson & J. Bai. Diversity of Multiwavelength Emission Bumps in the GRB A Afterglow. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 538, A1 (2012). 76. A. de Ugarte Postigo, A. Lundgren, S. Martin, et al. (23 authors including P. Jakobsson). Pre-ALMA Observations of GRBs in the mm/sumbb Range. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 538, A44 (2012). 77. K. M. Svensson, N. R. Tanvir, D. A. Perley, et al. (11 authors including P. Jakobsson). The Dark GRB in an Extremely Red Host and the Implications for GRBs in Highly Obscured Environments. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 421, (2012). 78. L. P. Xin, A. Pozanenko, D. A. Kann, et al. (25 authors including P. Jakobsson). The Shallow-Decay Phase in Both Optical and X-Ray Afterglows of Swift GRB A: Energy Injection into a Wind-Type Medium? Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 422, (2012). 79. P. Jakobsson, J. Hjorth, J. P. U. Fynbo, et al. The Optically Unbiased GRB Host (TOUGH) Survey. III. Redshift Distribution. Astrophysical Journal, 752, A62 (2012). 8
9 80. F. Bufano, E. Pian, J. Sollerman, et al. (52 authors including P. Jakobsson). The Fast and Faint SN2010bh Associated with GRB D. Astrophysical Journal, 753, A67 (2012). 81. T. Zafar, D. Watson, Á. Elíasdóttir, et al. (13 authors including P. Jakobsson). The Properties of the 2175 Å Extinction Feature Discovered in GRB Afterglows. Astrophysical Journal, 753, A82 (2012). 82. N. R. Tanvir, A. J. Levan, A. S. Fruchter, et al. (20 authors including P. Jakobsson). Star Formation in the Early Universe: Beyond the Tip of the Iceberg. Astrophysical Journal, 754, A46 (2012). 83. D. Watson & P. Jakobsson. Dust Extinction Bias in the Column Density Distribution of Gamma-Ray Bursts. Astrophysical Journal, 754, A89 (2012). 84. M. J. Michałowski, A. Kamble, J. Hjorth, et al. (22 authors including P. Jakobsson). The Optically Unbiased GRB Host (TOUGH) Survey. VI. Radio Observations at z < 1 and Consistency with Typical Star-Forming Galaxies. Astrophysical Journal, 755, A85 (2012). 85. B. Milvang-Jensen, J. P. U. Fynbo, D. Malesani, J. Hjorth, P. Jakobsson, et al. The Optically Unbiased GRB Host (TOUGH) Survey. IV. Lyα Emitters. Astrophysical Journal, 756, A25 (2012). 86. J. Hjorth, D. Malesani, P. Jakobsson, et al. The Optically Unbiased GRB Host (TOUGH) Survey. I. Survey Design and Catalogues. Astrophysical Journal, 756, A187 (2012). 87. T. Krühler, D. Malesani, B. Milvang-Jensen, J. P. U. Fynbo, J. Hjorth, P. Jakobsson, et al. The Optically Unbiased GRB Host (TOUGH) Survey. V. VLT/X-shooter Emission-Line Redshifts for Swift GRBs at z 2. Astrophysical Journal, 758, A46 (2012). 88. A. De Cia, C. Ledoux, P. M. Vreeswijk, et al. (10 authors including P. Jakobsson). Rapid- Response Mode VLT/UVES Spectroscopy of Super Iron-Rich Gas Exposed to GRB Astronomy & Astrophysics, 545, A64 (2012). 89. S. Schulze, J. P. U. Fynbo, B. Milvang-Jensen, A. Rossi, P. Jakobsson, et al. Galaxy Counterparts of Intervening high-z sub-dlas/dlas and Mgii Absorbers towards GRBs. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 546, A20 (2012). 90. A. de Ugarte Postigo, J. P. U. Fynbo, C. C Thöne, et al. (14 authors including P. Jakobsson). The Distribution of Equivalent Widths in Long GRB Afterglow Spectra. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 548, A11 (2012). 91. P. M. Vreeswijk, C. Ledoux, A. J. J. Raassen, et al. (9 authors including P. Jakobsson). Time-Dependent Excitation and Ionization Modelling of Absorption-Line Variability due to GRB Astronomy & Astrophysics, 549, A22 (2013). 92. C. C. Thöne, J. P. U. Fynbo, P. Goldoni, et al. (27 authors including P. Jakobsson). GRB A with X-shooter - Abundances in a Galaxy at z = 4.7. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 428, (2013). 93. D. Watson, T. Zafar, A. C. Andersen, et al. (11 authors including P. Jakobsson). Helium in Natal H ii Regions: The Origin of the X-ray Absorption in GRB afterglows. Astrophysical Journal, 768, A23 (2013). 94. T. Krühler, C. Ledoux, J. P. U. Fynbo, et al. (35 authors including P. Jakobsson). Molecular Hydrogen in the Damped Lyα System towards GRB A at z = Astronomy & Astrophysics, 557, A18 (2013). 95. D. Xu, A. de Ugarte Postigo, G. Leloudas, et al. (28 authors including P. Jakobsson). Discovery of the Broad-Lined Type Ic SN 2013cq Associated with the Very Energetic GRB A. Astrophysical Journal, 776, A98 (2013). 96. D. A. Perley, A. J. Levan, N. R. Tanvir, et al. (16 authors including P. Jakobsson). A Population of Massive, Luminous Galaxies Hosting Heavily Dust-Obscured Gamma-Ray Bursts: Implications for the Use of GRBs as Tracers of Cosmic Star Formation. Astrophysical Journal, 778, A128 (2013). 9
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