2026 Finn Erland Christensen: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	88	2395	2276	16	16	546	29009

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Overview

Finn Erland Christensen is affiliated with the Technical University of Denmark in Denmark. Their research spans primarily the fields of Physics and Astronomy as well as Engineering, with a focus on Radiation, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering.

Their research topics include Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques, Particle Detector Development and Performance, Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations, Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena, X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis, Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research, and Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena.

Frequent collaborators of Finn Erland Christensen are Desirée Della Monica Ferreira, Sonny Massahi, Marcos Bavdaz, Sara Svendsen, and Maximilien J. Collon.

Regular publication venues for their work include Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2022: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, Journal of Astronomical Telescopes Instruments and Systems, Journal of High Energy Physics, arXiv (Cornell University), and the International Conference on Space Optics - ICSO 2020.

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Christensen include:

Conceptual design of BabyIAXO, the intermediate stage towards the International Axion Observatory (2021, Journal of High Energy Physics)
New Upper Limit on the Axion-Photon Coupling with an Extended CAST Run with a Xe-Based Micromegas Detector (2024, Physical Review Letters)
Conceptual Design of BabyIAXO, the intermediate stage towards the International Axion Observatory (2020, arXiv (Cornell University))
X-ray mirror development and production for the Athena telescope (2021, International Conference on Space Optics - ICSO 2020)
First light of BEaTriX, the new testing facility for the modular X-ray optics of the ATHENA mission (2022, Astronomy and Astrophysics)

Best Publications

The Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) Mission

Fiona A. Harrison;William W. Craig;Finn E. Christensen;Charles J. Hailey

2408
Citations
THE NUCLEAR SPECTROSCOPIC TELESCOPE ARRAY (NuSTAR) HIGH-ENERGY X-RAY MISSION

Fiona A. Harrison;William W. Craig;William W. Craig;Finn E. Christensen;Charles J. Hailey

2194
Citations
New CAST Limit on the Axion-Photon Interaction

V. Anastassopoulos;S. Aune;K. Barth

846
Citations
An ultraluminous X-ray source powered by an accreting neutron star

M. Bachetti;F. A. Harrison;D. J. Walton;B. W. Grefenstette

760
Citations
The Hot and Energetic Universe: A White Paper presenting the science theme motivating the Athena+ mission

Kirpal Nandra;Didier Barret;Xavier Barcons;Andy Fabian

582
Citations
Calibration of the NuSTAR High Energy Focusing X-ray Telescope

Kristin K. Madsen;Fiona A. Harrison;Craig B. Markwardt;Hongjun An

412
Citations
A rapidly spinning supermassive black hole at the centre of NGC 1365

G. Risaliti;F. A. Harrison;K. K. Madsen;D. J. Walton

353
Citations
Calibration of the NuSTAR High-energy Focusing X-ray Telescope

Kristin K. Madsen;Fiona A. Harrison;Craig B. Markwardt;Hongjun An

344
Citations
Conceptual design of the International Axion Observatory (IAXO)

E. Armengaud;F. T. Avignone;M. Betz;P. Brax

342
Citations
NuSTAR discovery of a 3.76-second transient magnetar near Sagittarius A*

Kaya Mori;Eric V. Gotthelf;Shuo Zhang;Hongjun An

320
Citations
Extended x-ray absorption fine structure study of the cobalt-molybdenum hydrodesulfurization catalysts

Bjerne S. Clausen;Henrik Topsoe;Roberto Candia;Jorgen Villadsen

317
Citations
Asymmetries in core-collapse supernovae from maps of radioactive 44Ti in Cassiopeia A.

B W Grefenstette;F A Harrison;S E Boggs;S P Reynolds

289
Citations
Black hole feedback in the luminous quasar PDS 456

E. Nardini;J. N. Reeves;J. N. Reeves;J. Gofford;J. Gofford;F. A. Harrison

270
Citations
NuSTAR DISCOVERY OF A 3.76 s TRANSIENT MAGNETAR NEAR SAGITTARIUS A

Kaya Mori;Eric V. Gotthelf;Shuo Zhang;Hongjun An

266
Citations
NuSTAR observations of the bullet cluster: constraints on inverse Compton emission

Daniel R. Wik;Daniel R. Wik;Allan Hornstrup;S. Molendi;G. Madejski

239
Citations
Smectic-A Order at the Surface of a Nematic Liquid Crystal: Synchrotron X-Ray Diffraction

Jens Aage Als-Nielsen;F. Christensen;P.S. Pershan

233
Citations
Rapid Variability of Blazar 3C 279 during Flaring States in 2013-2014 with Joint Fermi-LAT, NuSTAR, Swift, and Ground-Based Multi-wavelength Observations

M. Hayashida;K. Nalewajko;G. M. Madejski;M. Sikora

233
Citations
Rapid Variability of Blazar 3C 279 During Flaring States in 2013-2014 with Joint Fermi-LAT, NuSTAR, Swift, and Ground-Based Multi-Wavelength Observations

M. Hayashida;K. Nalewajko;G. M. Madejski;M. Sikora

214
Citations
NuSTAR Spectroscopy of Multi-Component X-ray Reflection from NGC 1068

Franz E. Bauer;Patricia Arevalo;Dominic J. Walton;Michael J. Koss

175
Citations
The nuclear spectroscopic telescope array (NuSTAR) high-energy X-ray mission

Kristin K. Madsen;Fiona A. Harrison;Hongjun An;Steven E. Boggs

14
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