Publications Non Linear Physics:

Non Linear Physics group

Publications since 2000

some other/older papers may be on personal pages

Magnetohydrodynamics and Turbulence

F. Pétrélis, S. Fauve, "Mechanisms for magnetic field reversals", Phil. Trans. Royal Soc. A, 368, 1595 (2010)
Gallet B, Berhanu M, Mordant N, "Influence of an external magnetic field on forced turbulence in a swirling flow of liquid metal" Phys. Fluids 21, 085107 (2009)
Gallet B., Pétrélis F., "From reversing to hemispherical dynamos", Phys. Rev. E 80, 035302 (2009)
Gallet B., Pétrélis F. "Oscillatory instability of interacting grains in a turbulent flow", EPL 87, 54004 (2009)
Berhanu M, Gallet B, Monchaux R, Bourgoin M, Odier P, Pinton JF, Plihon N, Volk R, Fauve S, Mordant N, Petrelis F, Aumaitre S, Chiffaudel A, Daviaud F, Dubrulle B, Ravelet F "Bistability between a stationary and an oscillatory dynamo in a turbulent flow of liquid sodium", J. Fluid Mech. 641, 217 (2009)
F. Pétrélis, S. Fauve, E. Dormy , JP Valet, "Simple Mechanism for Reversals of Earth's Magnetic Field", Physical Review Letters, 102(14), 144503 (2009)
Monchaux R, Berhanu M, Aumaitre S, Chiffaudel A, Daviaud F, Dubrulle B, Ravelet F, Fauve S, Mordant N, Petrelis F, Bourgoin M, Odier P, Pinton JF, Plihon N, Volk R, "The von Karman Sodium experiment: Turbulent dynamical dynamos", Physics of Fluids, 21(3), 035108 (2009)
Crawford AM, Mordant N, Xu HT, Bodenschatz E "Fluid acceleration in the bulk of turbulent dilute polymer solutions" New Journal of Physics 10 123015 (2008)
Volk R, Calzavarini E, Verhille G, Lohse D, Mordant N, Pinton JF, Toschi F "Acceleration of heavy and light particles in turbulence: Comparison between experiments and direct numerical simulations" Physica D 237 2084-2089 (2008)
Mordant N, "Experimental high Reynolds number turbulence with an active grid", American Journal of Physics 76(12), 1092-1098 (2008)
Arneodo A, Benzi R, Berg J, Biferale L, Bodenschatz E, Busse A, Calzavarini E, Castaing B, Cencini M, Chevillard L, Fisher RT, Grauer R, Homann H, Lamb D, Lanotte AS, Leveque E, Luthi B, Mann J, Mordant N, Muller WC, Ott S, Ouellette NT, Pinton JF, Pope SB, Roux SG, Toschi F, Xu H, Yeung PK "Universal intermittent properties of particle trajectories in highly turbulent flows" Physical Review Letters 100(25) 254504 (2008)
Volk R, Mordant N, Verhille G, Pinton JF "Laser Doppler measurement of inertial particle and bubble accelerations in turbulence" EPL 81(3) 34002 (2008)
Petrelis F, Fauve S, "Chaotic dynamics of the magnetic field generated by dynamo action in a turbulent flow" Journal of Physics - Condensed matter, 20(49) 494203 (2008)
Aumaitre S, Berhanu M, Bourgoin M, Chiffaudel A, Daviaud F, Dubrulle B, Fauve S, Marie L, Monchaux R, Mordant N, Odier P, Petrelis F, Pinton JF, Plihon N, Ravelet F, Volk R, "The VKS experiment: turbulent dynamical dynamos", Comptes rendus Physique 9(7), 689-701 (2008)
Gissinger C, Dormy E, Fauve S, "Bypassing Cowling's theorem in axisymmetric fluid dynamos", Physical Review Letters 101(14) 144502
Ravelet F, Berhanu M, Monchaux R, Aumaitre S, Chiffaudel A, Daviaud F, Dubrulle B, Bourgoin M, Odier P, Plihon N, Pinton JF, Volk R, Fauve S, Mordant N, Petrelis F "Chaotic dynamos generated by a turbulent flow of liquid sodium" Physical Review Letters 101(7) 074502 (2008)
Berhanu M, Gallet B, Mordant N, Fauve S, "Reduction of velocity fluctuations in a turbulent flow of gallium by an external magnetic field" Physical Review E 78 (1) 015302 (2008)
Gissinger C, Iskakov A, Fauve S, Dormy E "Effect of magnetic boundary conditions on the dynamo threshold of von Karman swirling flows" EPL 82(2) 29001 (2008)
F. Pétrélis, N. Mordant, S. Fauve, "On the magnetic fields generated by experimental dynamos", Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid dynamics, 101(3-4), 289 (2007) (PDF)
S. Fauve, F. Pétrélis,"Scaling laws of turbulent dynamos", Comptes Rendus de Physique 8(1), 87 (2007)
M. Berhanu, R. Monchaux, S. Fauve, N. Mordant, F. Pétrélis, A. Chiffaudel, F. Daviaud, B. Dubrulle, C. Gasquet, L. Marié, and F. Ravelet, M. Bourgoin, Ph. Odier, M. Moulin, J.-F. Pinton, R. Volk "Magnetic field reversals in an experimental turbulent dynamo", EPL 77, 59001 (2007)
R. Monchaux, M. Berhanu, M. Bourgoin, Ph. Odier, M. Moulin, J.-F. Pinton, R. Volk, S. Fauve, N. Mordant, F. Pétrélis, A. Chiffaudel, F. Daviaud, B. Dubrulle, C. Gasquet, L. Marié, and F. Ravelet, "Generation of magnetic field by a turbulent flow of liquid sodium", Physical Review Letters 98, 044502 (2007)
F. Pétrélis and S. Fauve, "Inhibition of the dynamo effect by phase fluctuations", Europhysics Letters 76 (4) pp 602-608 (2006)
R. Volk, F. Ravelet, R. Monchaux, M. Berhanu, A. Chiffaudel, F. Daviaud, P. Odier, J.-F. Pinton, S. Fauve, N. Mordant and F. Pétrélis, "Transport of magnetic field by a turbulent flow of liquid sodium", Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, (7) 074501 (2006).
F. Pétrélis, M. Bourgoin, L. Marié, J. Burgete, A. Chiffaudel, F. Daviaud, S. Fauve, P. Odier, J.-F. Pinton, "Nonlinear magnetic induction by helical motion in a liquid sodium turbulent flow", Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, (17) 174501 (2003).
S. Aumaître and S. Fauve, "Statistical properties of the fluctuations of the heat transfer in turbulent convection", Europhys. Letters 62, 822-828 (2003).
M. Bourgoin, L. Marié, F. Pétrélis, C. Gasquet, A. Guigon, J. B . Luciani, M. Moulin, F. Namer, J. Burgete, A. Chiffaudel, F. Daviaud, S. Fauve, P. Odier, J. F. Pinton, "MHD measurements in the von Karman sodium experiment", Phys. Fluids 14, 3046 (2002).
F. Pétrélis and S. Fauve, "Saturation of the magnetic field above the dynamo threshold", Eur. Phys. J. B 22, 273-276 (2001).
S. Aumaître, S. Fauve and J. F. Pinton "Large scale correlations for energy injection mechanisms in swirling turbulent flows", Eur. Phys. J. B 16, 563-567 (2000).
Martin A, Odier P, Pinton JF and Fauve S., "Magnetic permeability of a diphasic flow, made of liquid gallium and iron beads", European Physical Journal B 18 (2) pp 337-341 (2000)
Odier P, Pinton JF and Fauve S, "Magnetic induction by coherent vortex motion", European Physical Journal B 16 (2) pp 373-378 (2000)
Hernandez RH, Baudet C and Fauve S, "Controlling the Benard-von Karman instability in the wake of a cylinder by driving the pressure at the front stagnation point", European Physical Journal B 14 (4) pp 773-781 (2000)

Fluctuations in out of equilibrium dissipative systems

Falcon E, Aumaitre S, Falcon C, Laroche C, Fauve S "Fluctuations of energy flux in wave turbulence", Physical Review Letters 100(6) 064503 (2008)
S. Aumaître, A. Alastuey, S. Fauve, "A quasi-elastic regime for vibrated granular gases", Eur. Phys. J. B 54, 263 (2007).
Falcon E, Aumaitre S, Evesque P, Palencia F, Lecoutre-Chabot C, Fauve S, Beysens D and Garrabos Y, "Collision statistics in a dilute granular gas fluidized by vibrations in low gravity", Europhysics Letters 74 (5) pp 830-836 (2006)
Aumaitre S and Fauve S, "Collision frequencies and energy flux in a dilute granular gas", Physical Review E 73 (1) 010302 (2006)
S. Aumaître, J. Farago, S. Fauve and S. Mc Namara, "Energy and power fluctuations in vibrated granular gases", Eur. Phys. J. B 42, 255-261 (2004).
S. Aumaître and S. Fauve, "Statistical properties of the fluctuations of the heat transfer in turbulent convection", Europhys. Letters 62, 822-828 (2003).
J. Farago, "Injected Power Fluctuations in Langevin Equation", J. Statistical Physics 107 (3), 781 803 (2002)
S. Aumaître, S. Fauve, S. McNamara and P. Poggi, "Power injected in dissipative systems and the fluctuation theorem", Eur. Phys. J. B 19, 449-460 (2001).
S. Aumaître, S. Fauve and J. F. Pinton, "Large scale correlations for energy injection mechanisms in swirling turbulent flows", Eur. Phys. J. B 16, 563-567 (2000).
Aumaitre S and Fauve S, "Fluctuations of the heat-flux in turbulent convection", Journal de Chimie Physique et de Physico-Chimie Biologique 96 (6) pp 1038-1043 (1999)

Noise and instabilities

Alexakis A., Pétrélis F., "Planar bifurcation subject to multiplicative noise: Role of symmetry", Phys. Rev. E 80, 041134 (2009)
Petrelis F,Aumaitre S, Mallick K "Escape from a potential well, stochastic resonance and zero frequency component of the noise ", EPL 79 (4) 40004 (2007)
Aumaitre S, Mallick K, Petrelis F "Noise-induced bifurcations, multiscaling and on-off intermittency", Journal of statistical mechanics, P07016 (2007)
Aumaitre S, Mallick K and Petrelis F, "Effects of the low frequencies of noise on on-off intermittency", Journal of statistical Physics 123 (4) pp 909-927 (2006)
Petrelis F and Aumaitre S, "Modification of instability processes by multiplicative noises", European Physical Journal B 51 (3) pp 357-362 (2006)
Kumar K, Pal P and Fauve S, "Critical bursting", Europhysics Letters 74 (6) pp 1020-1026 (2006)
S. Aumaitre, F. Petrelis and K. Mallick, "Low frequency noise controls on-off intermittency of bifurcating systems", Phys. Rev. Lett. 95 (6) 064101 (2005).
F. Pétrélis, S. Aumaître and S. Fauve, "Effect of phase noise on parametric instabilities", Phys. Rev. Lett. 94 (7), 070603 (2005).
F. Pétrélis, S. Aumaître, "Intermittency at the edge of a stochastically inhibited pattern-forming instability", Eur. Phys. J. B 34 (3), 281-284 (2003).
R. Berthet, A. Petrossian, S. Residori, B. Roman and S. Fauve, "Effect of multiplicative noise on parametric instabilities", Physica D 174, 84-99 (2003).
S. Residori, R. Berthet, B. Roman and S. Fauve, "Noise induced bistability of parametric surface waves", Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, (2) 024502 (2001).
F. Pétrélis, E. Falcon and S. Fauve, "Parametric stabilization of the Rosensweig instability", Eur. Phys. J. B 15, 3-6 (2000).
F. Raynal, S. Kumar and S. Fauve, "Faraday instability with a polymer solution", Eur. Phys. J. B 9, 175-178 (1999).

Surface waves & Wave turbulence

Cobelli P, Petitjeans P, Maurel A, Pagneux V, Mordant N, "Space-Time Resolved Wave Turbulence in a Vibrating Plate", Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 204301 (2009)
Falcon C., Fauve S., "Local dynamics of defects in parametrically excited waves", Int. J. Bif. Chaos 19, 3553 (2009)
Falcon C., Fauve S. "Wave vortex interaction", Phys. Rev. E 80, 056213 (2009)
Falcon C, Falcon E, Bortolozzo U, Fauve S, "Capillary wave turbulence on a spherical fluid surface in low gravity", EPL 86 (2009)
Mordant N, "Are there waves in wave turbulence?", Physical Review Letters 100(23) 234505 (2008)
Falcon E, Aumaitre S, Falcon C, Laroche C, Fauve S "Fluctuations of energy flux in wave turbulence", Physical Review Letters 100(6) 064503 (2008)
E. Falcon, S. Fauve, C. Laroche, "Observation of intermittency in wave turbulence ", Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 154501 (2007)
E. Falcon, C. Laroche, S. Fauve, "Observation of Gravity-Capillary Wave Turbulence ", Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 094503 (2007)
E. Falcon, C. Laroche and S. Fauve, "Observation of Sommerfeld Precursors on a Fluid Surface" Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 064502 (2003)
E. Falcon, C. Laroche and S. Fauve, "Observation of Depression Solitary Surface Waves on a Thin Fluid Layer" Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 89, 204501 (2002)

Sound in non linear media

R. Wunenburger, N. Mujica and S. Fauve, "Experimental study of the Doppler shift generated by a vibrating scatterer", J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 115 (2), 507-514 (2004)
R. Berthet, S. Fauve and R. Labbé, "Study of the sound-vortex interaction: direct numerical simulations and experimental results", Eur. Phys. J. B 32 (2) 237-242 (2003)
N. Mujica, R. Wunenburger and S. Fauve, "Scattering of sound by sound in the vicinity of the liquid-vapor critical point", Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 234301 (2003).
N. Mujica, R. Wunenburger and S. Fauve, "Sound scattering by a vibrating surface", Eur. Phys. J. B 33, 209-213 (2003).
N. Mujica and S. Fauve, "Sound velocity and absorption in a coarsening foam", Phys. Rev. E 66, 021404 (2002).