Publications of Steve Sembay


A list of publications authored or co-authored by Steve Sembay, derived from the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS). The number in brackets after each title indicates the number of citations that the paper has received.

Orcid ID: 0000-0002-3700-9784

List of publications ordered by citations
Number of papers: 28 (refereed: 21)
No. of citations: 248
First author papers: 2 (refereed: 2)

2026

  1. Finding the Magnetopause Standoff Distance Using Soft X-Ray Images: Application for the SMILE Mission [0]
    Samsonov, Andrey, Carter, Jennifer Alyson, Sembay, Steven, Read, Andrew, Forsyth, Colin, Wharton, Samuel & Escoubet, Philippe, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 131, e2025JA034787
  2. Determining the Magnetopause Location With SMILE-SXI Using a Constrained Solar Wind Independent SWCX Model [0]
    Wharton, S. J., Carter, J. A., Sembay, S., Paganini, A., Maddi, V., Pagani, C., Clare, Z. & Samsonov, A., Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 131, e2025JA034829

2025

  1. The Soft X-ray Imager (SXI) on the SMILE Mission [0]
    Sembay, S., Cheney, A., Hampson, R., Agnolon, D., Arnold, T., Beardmore, A., Balado, A., Bicknell, C., Bouldin, C., Branduardi-Raymont, G., Breuer, J. P., Buggey, T., Butcher, G., Canchal, R., Carter, J. A., Collada-Vega, Y., Connor, H., Crawford, T., Curry, P., Eaton, N., Feldman, C., Forsyth, C., Galgóczi, G., Garcia, J., Genov, G., Giono, G., Gordillo, C., Gröbelauer, H.-P., Guedel, M., Hailey, M., Halain, J.-P., Hall, D., Hansford, G., Hasiba, J., Hetherington, O., Hoffman, K., Holland, A., Hsieh, S.-Y., Hubbard, M. W. J., Jeszenszky, H., Jones, M., Kennedy, T., Koch-Mehrin, K., Koegl, S., Krucker, S., Kuntz, K., Kürbisch, C., Lakin, C., Laky, G., Leach, S., Leichtfried, M., Luntzer, A., Linder, D., Maddi, V., Martindale, A., Mas Hesse, J. M., Mecina, M., Nakamura, R., Neukirchner, S., Oksavik, K., Østgaard, N., Ottacher, H., Ottensamer, R., Pagani, C., Parsons, S., Patel, P., Pearson, J., Peikert, G., Porter, F. S., Qureshi, B. H., Raab, W., Read, A., Reading, I., Rostad, M. E., Runciman, C., Sachdev, S., Samara-Ratna, P., Samsonov, A., Sibeck, D., Søndergaard, J., Smit, S., Soman, M., Speight, R., Stavland, S., Steinberger, M., Steller, M., Sun, T., Sykes, J., Thomas, W., Thornhill, J., Tonfat Seclen, J., Tvaruzka, A., Ullaland, K., Wallner, R., Walsh, B., Walton, D., Wang, C., Willis, G. & Yang, S., Space Science Reviews, 221, 113
  2. Determining the Subsolar Magnetopause Position Using CMEM [3]
    Wharton, S. J., Carter, J. A., Sembay, S., Soobiah, Y., Read, A. M. & Sun, T. R., Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 130, e2025JA033837
  3. Modeling the Magnetospheric 3D X-Ray Emission From SWCX Using a Cusp-Magnetosheath Emissivity Model [5]
    Wharton, S. J., Carter, J. A., Sembay, S., Soobiah, Y., Nitti, S. & Sun, T. R., Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 130, 2024JA033307

2024

  1. Can XMM-Newton Be Used to Track Compositional Changes in the Solar Wind? [3]
    Nitti, S., Carter, J. A., Sembay, S. F., Milan, S. E., Zhao, L., Lepri, S. T. & Kuntz, K. D., Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 129, 2024JA033323
  2. Can XMM-Newton be used to track compositional changes in the solar wind? [0]
    Nitti, Simona, Carter, Jennifer Alyson, Sembay, Steven, Milan, Stephen E., Zhao, Liang, Lepri, Susan & Kuntz, K. D., essoar.172745380
  3. Modeling Soft X-Ray Emissions at the Dayside Magnetopause [6]
    Xu, Qiuyu, Koutroumpa, Dimitra, Modolo, Ronan, Sun, Tianran, Connor, Hyunju, Sembay, Steve & Tkachenko, Yevhen, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 129, e2024JA032687

2023

  1. Dynamical Response of Solar Wind Charge Exchange Soft X-Ray Emission in Earth's Magnetosphere to the Solar Wind Proton Flux [5]
    Zhang, Yingjie, Sun, Tianran, Carter, Jennifer A., Sembay, Steve, Koutroumpa, Dimitra, Ji, Li, Liu, Wenhao & Wang, Chi, ApJ, 948, 69

2022

  1. Finding Magnetopause Standoff Distance using a Soft X-ray Imager - Part 2: Methods to Analyze 2-D X-ray Images [0]
    Samsonov, Andrey, Sembay, Steven, Read, Andrew M., Carter, Jennifer Alyson, Branduardi-Raymont, Graziella, Sibeck, David Gary & Escoubet, Christopher Philippe, essoar.10512134
  2. Finding Magnetopause Standoff Distance using a Soft X-ray Imager - Part 1: Magnetospheric masking [0]
    Samsonov, Andrey, Carter, Jennifer Alyson, Read, Andrew M., Sembay, Steven, Branduardi-Raymont, Graziella, Sibeck, David Gary & Escoubet, Christopher Philippe, essoar.10512133
  3. Finding Magnetopause Standoff Distance Using a Soft X-ray Imager: 2. Methods to Analyze 2-D X-ray Images [16]
    Samsonov, Andrey, Sembay, Steven, Read, Andrew, Carter, Jennifer Alyson, Branduardi-Raymont, Graziella, Sibeck, David & Escoubet, Philippe, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 127, e2022JA030850
  4. Finding Magnetopause Standoff Distance Using a Soft X-Ray Imager: 1. Magnetospheric Masking [14]
    Samsonov, Andrey, Carter, Jennifer Alyson, Read, Andrew, Sembay, Steven, Branduardi-Raymont, Graziella, Sibeck, David & Escoubet, Philippe, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 127, e2022JA030848
  5. Solar Wind Charge Exchange Soft X-Ray Emissions in the Magnetosphere during an Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejection Compared to Its Driven Sheath [14]
    Zhang, Yingjie, Sun, Tianran, Wang, Chi, Ji, Li, Carter, Jennifer. A., Sembay, Steve, Koutroumpa, Dimitra, Liu, Ying D., Liang, Guiyun, Liu, Wenhao, Sun, Wei & Zhao, Xiaowei, ApJ, 932, L1

2020

  1. European Space Agency SMILE and Czech participation [0]
    Hudec, Rene, Branduardi-Raymont, Graziella, Sembay, Steven & Simon, Vojtech, Astronomische Nachrichten, 341, 341
  2. Deriving the Magnetopause Position from the Soft X-Ray Image by Using the Tangent Fitting Approach [32]
    Sun, Tianran, Wang, Chi, Connor, Hyunju K., Jorgensen, Anders M. & Sembay, Steven, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 125, e28169

2019

  1. Design and implementation of electron diverters for lobster eye space-based X-ray optics [8]
    Aslanyan, V., Keresztes, K., Feldman, C., Pearson, J. F., Willingale, R., Martindale, A., Sembay, S., Osborne, J. P., Sachdev, S. S., Bicknell, C. L., Houghton, P. R., Crawford, T. & Chornay, D., Review of Scientific Instruments, 90, 124502
  2. Boundary Detection in Three Dimensions With Application to the SMILE Mission: The Effect of Photon Noise [25]
    Jorgensen, Anders M., Sun, Tianran, Wang, Chi, Dai, Lei, Sembay, Steven, Wei, Fei, Guo, Yihong & Xu, Ronglan, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 124, 4365
  3. Boundary Detection in Three Dimensions With Application to the SMILE Mission: The Effect of Model-Fitting Noise [22]
    Jorgensen, Anders M., Sun, Tianran, Wang, Chi, Dai, Lei, Sembay, Steve, Zheng, Jianhua & Yu, Xizheng, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 124, 4341
  4. Soft X-ray Imaging of the Magnetosheath and Cusps Under Different Solar Wind Conditions: MHD Simulations [38]
    Sun, T. R., Wang, C., Sembay, S. F., Lopez, R. E., Escoubet, C. P., Branduardi-Raymont, G., Zheng, J. H., Yu, X. Z., Guo, X. C., Dai, L., Liu, Z. Q., Wei, F. & Guo, Y. H., Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 124, 2435

2016

  1. SMILE ESA-CAS Satellite Mission [0]
    Hudec, R., Branduardi Raymont, G. & Sembay, S., Frontier Research in Astrophysics II (FRAPWS2016), p. 72

2010

  1. Defining High-Energy Calibration Standards: IACHEC (International Astronomical Consortium for High-Energy Calibration) [10]
    Sembay, S., Guainazzi, M., Plucinsky, P. & Nevalainen, J., X-ray Astronomy 2009; Present Status, Multi-Wavelength Approach and Future Perspectives (Editors: Comastri, A., Angelini, L. & Cappi, M.), American Institute of Physics Conference Series, 1248, p. 593

2009

  1. Identifying XMM-Newton observations affected by Solar Wind Charge Exchange [0]
    Carter, J. A. & Sembay, S., The Local Bubble and Beyond II (Editors: Smith, Randall K., Snowden, Steven L. & Kuntz, K. D.), American Institute of Physics Conference Series, 1156, p. 100

2001

  1. XMM-Newton observations of the BL Lac MS 0737+7441 [2]
    Boller, Th., Gliozzi, M., Griffiths, G., Sembay, S., Keil, R., Schwentker, O., Brinkmann, W. & Vercellone, S., A&A, 365, L158
  2. XMM-Newton observations of Markarian 421 [40]
    Brinkmann, W., Sembay, S., Griffiths, R. G., Branduardi-Raymont, G., Gliozzi, M., Boller, Th., Tiengo, A., Molendi, S. & Zane, S., A&A, 365, L162

1995

  1. Deriving the GRB Distance Scale [0]
    Owens, Alan, Sembay, S. & Schaefer, Bradley E., Astrophysics and Space Science, 231, 449

1993

  1. ROSAT wide field camera search for XUV counterparts of GRB and optical transients. [5]
    Owens, A., Sembay, S., Sims, M., Wells, A. & Schaefer, B. E., Compton Gamma-ray Observatory (Editors: Friedlander, M., Gehrels, N. & Macomb, D. J.), American Institute of Physics Conference Series, 280, p. 798
  2. A test of the unified model for active galactic nuclei. [0]
    Owens, A., Sembay, S., Nandra, P. & George, I., Compton Gamma-ray Observatory (Editors: Friedlander, M., Gehrels, N. & Macomb, D. J.), American Institute of Physics Conference Series, 280, p. 588


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