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List of works by Nathanaël Schaeffer

A dynamo driven by zonal jets at the upper surface: Applications to giant planets

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Can a sinking metallic diapir generate a dynamo?

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Can core flows inferred from geomagnetic field models explain the Earth's dynamo?

Dynamic domains of the Derviche Tourneur sodium experiment: Simulations of a spherical magnetized Couette flow

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Efficient spherical harmonic transforms aimed at pseudospectral numerical simulations

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Electrical conductivity of the lowermost mantle explains absorption of core torsional waves at the equator

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Erratum to “Rationale and geophysical evidence for quasi-geostrophic rapid dynamics within the Earth’s outer core” [Phys. Earth Planet. Inter. 187 (2011) 380–390]

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Erratum: Turbulence Reduces Magnetic Diffusivity in a Liquid Sodium Experiment [Phys. Rev. Lett.113, 184501 (2014)]

scientific article published in Physical Review Letters

Frequency spectrum of the geomagnetic field harmonic coefficients from dynamo simulations

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Full sphere hydrodynamic and dynamo benchmarks

Interaction of rising and sinking mantle plumes

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Magnetic fields driven by tidal mixing in radiative stars

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Magnetic induction and diffusion mechanisms in a liquid sodium spherical Couette experiment

scientific article published on 24 October 2014

Modes and instabilities in magnetized spherical Couette flow

On symmetry and anisotropy of Earth-core flows

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On the reflection of Alfvén waves and its implication for Earth’s core modelling

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Performance benchmarks for a next generation numerical dynamo model

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Quasi-geostrophic modes in the Earth's fluid core with an outer stably stratified layer

scientific article published on 28 July 2015

Quasigeostrophic model of the instabilities of the Stewartson layer in flat and depth-varying containers

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Rationale and geophysical evidence for quasi-geostrophic rapid dynamics within the Earth's outer core

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Rossby-wave turbulence in a rapidly rotating sphere

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Stability of a pair of co-rotating vortices with axial flow

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Subcritical Thermal Convection of Liquid Metals in a Rapidly Rotating Sphere

scientific article published on 31 August 2017

The effects of a Robin boundary condition on thermal convection in a rotating spherical shell

Turbulence Reduces Magnetic Diffusivity in a Liquid Sodium Experiment

scientific article published in Physical Review Letters

Turbulence in the Core

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Turbulent geodynamo simulations: a leap towards Earth’s core

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Variability modes in core flows inverted from geomagnetic field models