Currently Submitted Papers

1. Flavio Tuteri, S. Chibbaro and A. Alexakis
   ``Multi-branch Shell Models of Two-Dimensional Turbulence exhibit Dual Energy–Enstrophy Cascades"
   (2026) [arxiv], [pdf]
   
   
2. Adrian van Kan, Alexandros Alexakis, Edgar Knobloch
   ``Two-dimensional turbulent condensates without bottom drag"
   (2025) [arxiv], [pdf],
   
   
3. Julian Amette Estrada, Alexandros Alexakis, Marc E. Brachet and Pablo D. Mininni
   ``Stability of vortex lattices in rotating flows"
   (2025) [arxiv], [pdf],
   
   

Published Papers

2026


1. Flavio Tuteri, S. Chibbaro and A. Alexakis
   ``Ensemble of Fixed Points in Multi-branch Shell Models of Turbulent Cascades"
   Physica D, 490, 135177, (2026) [arxiv], [pdf], [online]
   
   
2. Alexandros Alexakis, Raffaele Marino and Pablo D. Mininni
   J. Fluid Mech. 1031, A7,``Energy cascades in rotating and stratified turbulence in anisotropic domains"
   (2025) [arxiv], [pdf], [online]
   
   
3. Flavio Tuteri, A. Alexakis and S. Chibbaro
   ``Fluctuations around Turbulence Models"
   J. Fluid Mech. 1027, A39, (2026) [arxiv], [pdf], [online]
   
   
2025


4. José María García Morillo and Alexandros Alexakis
   ``Magnetic reconnection, plasmoids and numerical resolution"
   J. Fluid Mech. 1007, R3, (2025) [arxiv], [pdf], [online]
   
   
2024



5. Alexandros Alexakis, Raffaele Marino, Pablo D. Mininni, Adrian van Kan, Raffaello Foldes, Fabio Feraco
   ``Large-scale self-organization in dry turbulent atmospheres"
   Science 383 , 1005-1009, (2024) [arxiv], [pdf], [online] [free-access]
   
   

2023


6. Alexandros Alexakis
   ``How far does turbulence spread?"
   J. Fluid Mech. 977, R1, (2023) [arxiv], [pdf], [online]
   
   
7. Alexandros Alexakisi, Sergio Chibbaro, Guillaume Michel
   ``Fluctuation Relations at Large Scales in Three-Dimensional Hydrodynamic Turbulence"
   European Physics Letters, 144, 43001 (2023) [arxiv], [online], [pdf]
   
   
8. Alexandros Alexakis
   ``Quasi-two-dimensional Turbulence"
   Reviews of Modern Plasma Physics, 7, 31 (2023) [arxiv], [online], [view only], [pdf]
   
   
9. Benjamin Ajzner and Alexandros Alexakis
   ``Exact intermittent solutions in a turbulence multi branch shell model"
   Atmosphere. 14 (8), 1316 (2023) [arxiv], [online], [pdf]
   
   
10. George Sofiadis, Ioannis E. Sarris, A. Alexakis
    ``Inducing intermittency in the inverse cascade of two dimensional turbulence by a fractal forcing''
    Physical Review Fluids 8, 024607 (2023) [arxiv], [online], [pdf].
    
    
2022


11. A. Alexakis, S. Chibbaro
    ``Local fluxes in MHD Turbulence"
    Journal of Plasma Physics, 88, 905880515, (2022) [arxiv], [online], [pdf].
    
    
12. G. Bermudez, A. Alexakis
    ``Saturation of turbulent helical dynamos''
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 195101 (2022) [arxiv], [online], [pdf].
    
    
13. A. van Kan, A. Alexakis, M.E. Brachet
    ``Geometric microcanonical theory of two-dimensionalTruncated Euler flows''
    Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A. 380, 20210049 (2022) [arxiv], [online], [pdf].
    
    
14. X.M. de Wit, A. van Kan, A. Alexakis
    ``Bistability of the Large Scale Dynamics in Quasi-2D Turbulence"
    J. Fluid Mech. 939, R2 (2022) [arxiv], [online], [pdf].
    
    
15. A. Alexakis, L. Biferale
    ``λ-Navier-Stokes turbulence"
    Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A. 380, 20210243 (2022) [arxiv], [online], [pdf].
    
    
2021


16. A. van Kan, A. Alexakis
    ``Energy cascades in rapidly rotating and stratified turbulence within elongated domains''
    J. Fluid Mech. 933, A11 (2021) [arxiv], [online], [pdf].
    
    
17. A. van Kan, A. Alexakis, M.E. Brachet
    ``Lévy On-Off Intermittency''
    Phys. Rev. E 103, 052115 (2021) [arxiv], [online], [pdf].
    
    
18. A. van Kan, A. Alexakis, M.E. Brachet
    ``Intermittency of three-dimensional perturbations in a point-vortex model''
    Phys. Rev. E 103, 053102 (2021) [arxiv], [online], [pdf].
    
    
19. A. Alexakis, F. Petrelis, S.J. Benavides, K. Seshasayanan
    ``Symmetry breaking in a turbulent environment''
    Phys. Rev. Fluids 6, 024605 (2021) [arxiv], [online], [pdf].
    
    
20. Takahiro Nemoto and A. Alexakis
    ``Extreme events trigger turbulence decay: numerical verification of extreme value theory in pipe flows"
    J. Fluid Mech. 912, A38 (2021) [arxiv], [online], [pdf].
    
    
2020


21. P. Clark Di Leoni, A. Alexakis, L. Biferale and M. Buzzicotti
    ``Phase transitions and flux-loop metastable states in rotating turbulence"
    Phys. Rev. Fluids 5, 104603 (2020) [arxiv], [online], [pdf].
    
    
22. A. Alexakis, S. Chibbaro
    ``On the local energy flux of turbulent flows"
    Phys. Rev. Fluids 5, 094604 (2020) [arxiv], [online], [pdf].
    
    
23. A. van Kan, A. Alexakis
    ``Critical transition in fast-rotating turbulence within highly elongated domains"
    Journal of Fluid Mechanics 899, A33 (2020) [arxiv], [online], [pdf].
    
    
24. Basile Poujol, A. van Kan, A. Alexakis
    ``Role of the forcing dimensionality in thin-layer turbulent energy cascades"
    Phys. Rev. Fluids 5, 064610 (2020) [arxiv], [online], [pdf].
    
    
25. Nicolas P. Muller, M-E Brachet, A. Alexakis, Pablo D. Mininni
    ``Abrupt transition between three and two-dimensional quantum turbulence"
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 134501 (2020) [arxiv], [online], [pdf].
    
    
26. R. Agrawal, A. Alexakis, M-E Brachet and L.S. Tuckerman
    ``Turbulent cascade, bottleneck and thermalized spectrum in hyperviscous flows"
    Physical Review Fluids, 5, 024601 (2020) [arxiv], [online], [pdf].
    
    
27. A. Alexakis, M-E Brachet
    ``Energy fluxes in quasi-equilibrium flows"
    Journal of Fluid Mechanics 884, A33 (2020) [arxiv], [online], [pdf].
    
    
2019


28. A. van Kan, T. Nemoto, A. Alexakis,
    ``Rare transitions to thin-layer turbulent condensates"
    Journal of Fluid Mechanics 878, 356-369 (2019) [arxiv], [online], [pdf].
    
    
29. A. Alexakis, M-E. Brachet
    ``On the thermal equilibrium state of large scale flows"
    Journal of Fluid Mechanics 872, 594-625 (2019) [arxiv], [online], [pdf].
    
    
30. A. van Kan, A. Alexakis
    ``Condensates in thin-layer turbulence"
    Journal of Fluid Mechanics 864, 490-518 (2019) [arxiv], [online], [pdf].
    
    
2018


31. A. Alexakis, L. Biferale
    ``Cascades and transitions in turbulent flows"
    Physics Reports 767-769, 1-101 (2018) [online], [arxiv], [pdf].
    
    
32. A. Alexakis
    ``3D instabilities and negative eddy viscosity in thin-layer flows"
    Physical Review Fluids, 3, 114601 (2018) [arxiv], [online], [pdf]
    
    
33. A. Alexakis, S. Fauve, C. Gissinger, F. Pétrélis
    ``Effect of fluctuations on mean-field dynamos"
    Journal of Plasma Physics 84 735840401 (2018) [online], [pdf].
    
    
34. K. Seshasayanan, A. Alexakis
    ``Condensates in rotating turbulent flows"
    Journal of Fluid Mechanics 841, 434-462 (2018) [arxiv], [online], [pdf].
    
    
35. T. Nemoto, A. Alexakis
    ``Method to measure efficiently rare fluctuations of turbulence intensity for turbulent-laminar transitions in pipe flows"
    Physical Review E 97 (2), 022207 (2018) [arxiv], [online], [pdf].
    
    
2017


36. K. Seshasayanan, B. Gallet, A. Alexakis
    ``Transition to turbulent dynamo saturation"
    Physical review letters 119, 204503 (2017) [arxiv], [online], [pdf].
    
    
37. A Cameron, A Alexakis, M.-E. Brachet
    ``Effect of helicity on the correlation time of large scales in turbulent flows"
    Physical Review Fluids 2, 114602 (2017) [arxiv], [online], [pdf].
    
    
38. K. Seshasayanan, V Dallas, A. Alexakis
    ``The onset of turbulent rotating dynamos at the low magnetic Prandtl number limit"
    Journal of Fluid Mechanics 822, R3 (2017) [arxiv], [online], [pdf].
    
    
39. S. J. Benavides, A. Alexakis
    ``Critical transitions in thin layer turbulence"
    Journal of Fluid Mechanics 822, 364-385 (2017) [arxiv], [online], [pdf].
    
    
40. G Sahoo, A Alexakis, L Biferale
    ``Discontinuous transition from direct to inverse cascade in three-dimensional turbulence"
    Physical Review Letters 118, 164501 (2017) [online], [pdf].
    
    
41. S Sundar, MK Verma, A Alexakis, AG Chatterjee
    ``Dynamic anisotropy in MHD turbulence induced by mean magnetic field"
    Physics of Plasmas 24, 022304 (2017) [online], [pdf].
    
    
42. A. Alexakis
    ``Helically Decomposed Turbulence"
    Journal of Fluid Mechanics 812, 752-770(2017) [arxiv], [online], [pdf].
    
    
2016


43. A. Cameron, A. Alexakis
    ``The fate of alpha dynamos at large Rm"
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 205101 (2016) [arxiv], [online], [pdf].
    
    
44. K. Seshasayanan, A. Alexakis
    ``Kazantsev model in nonhelical 2.5D flows"
    J. Fluid Mech.806 627 (2016) [arxiv], [online], [pdf].
    
    
45. A. Cameron, A. Alexakis, M.-E. Brachet
    ``Large-scale instabilities of helical flows"
    Phys. Rev. Fluids 1, 063601 (2016) [arxiv], [online], [pdf].
    
    
46. K. Seshasayanan, A. Alexakis
    ``Turbulent 2.5 dimensional dynamos"
    J. Fluid Mech. 799 246 (2016) [arxiv], [online], [pdf].
    
    
47. Francois Petrelis, Alexandros Alexakis, Christophe Gissinger
    ``Fluctuations of electrical conductivity: a new source for astrophysical magnetic fields"
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 161102 (2016) [arxiv], [online], [pdf].
    
    
48. M. Sidek, A. Alexakis, S. Fauve
    ``Optimal lengthscale for a turbulent dynamo"
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 116 074501 (2016) [arxiv], [online], [pdf]
    
    
49. K. Seshasayanan, A. Alexakis
    ``Critical behavior in the inverse to forward energy transition in two-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic flow"
    Phys. Rev. E 93, 013104 (2016) [arxiv], [online], [pdf].
    
    
2015


50. V. Dallas, S. Fauve, A. Alexakis
    ``Statistical equilibria of large scales in dissipative hydrodynamic turbulence"
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 204501 (2015) [arxiv], [online], [pdf]
    
    
51. V. Dallas, A. Alexakis
    ``Self-organisation and non-linear dynamics in driven magnetohydrodynamic turbulent flows"
    Phys. Fluids 27, 045105 (2015) [arxiv], [online], [pdf]
    
    
52. A. Alexakis
    ``Rotating Taylor Green flow"
    J. Fluid Mech.769 46 (2015) [arxiv], [online], [pdf]
    
    
2014


53. K. Seshasayanan, S.J. Benavides, A. Alexakis
    ``On the edge of an inverse cascade"
    Phys. Rev. E 90 051003(R) (2014) [arxiv], [online], [pdf].
    
    
54. B. Miquel, A. Alexakis, N. Mordant
    ``Role of dissipation in flexural wave turbulence: from experimental spectrum to Kolmogorov-Zakharov spectrum"
    Phys. Rev. E 89, 062925 (2014) [arxiv], [online], [pdf].
    
    
55. V. Dallas, A. Alexakis,
    ``The signature of initial conditions on magnetohydrodynamic turbulence"
    Astrophys. J. Lett. 788 L36 (2014) [arxiv] [online] [pdf].
    
    
2013


56. V. Dallas, A. Alexakis,
    ``Symmetry breaking of decaying magnetohydrodynamic Taylor-Green flows and consequences for universality"
    Phys. Rev E 88, 063017 (2013) [arxiv], [online], [pdf].
    
    
57. V. Dallas, A. Alexakis,
    ``The origins of k^{-2} spectrum in the decaying Taylor-Green magnetohydrodynamic turbulent flows"
    Phys. Rev E 88, 053014 (2013) [arxiv], [online], [pdf].
    
    
58. V. Dallas, A. Alexakis,
    ``Structures and dynamics of small scales in decaying magnetohydrodynamic turbulence"
    Phys. Fluids 25, 105106 (2013) [arxiv], [online], [pdf].
    
    
59. B. Miquel, A. Alexakis, C. Josserand, N. Mordant
    ``Transition from wave turbulence to dynamical crumpling in vibrated elastic plates"
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 054302 (2013) [arxiv], [online], [pdf].
    
    
60. A. Alexakis,
    ``Large-Scale Magnetic Fields in Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence"
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 084502 (2013) [arxiv], [online], [pdf].
    
    
2012


61. A. Alexakis, F. Petrelis,
    ``Critical exponents in zero dimensions"
    Journal of Statistical Physics 149, 738 (2012) [arxiv], [online], [pdf].
    
    
62. F. Petrelis, A. Alexakis,
    ``Anomalous exponents at the onset of an instability"
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 014501 (2012) [arxiv], [online], [pdf].
    
    
2011


63. A. Alexakis,
    ``On the 2D behavior of 3D MHD with a strong guiding field"
    Phys. Rev. E 84, 056330 (2011) [arxiv], [online], [pdf].
    
    
64. A. Alexakis, A. Tzella
    ``Bounding the scalar dissipation scale for mixing flows in the presence of sources"
    J. Fluid Mech. 688 443 (2011) [arxiv], [online], [pdf].
    
    
65. A. Alexakis
    ``Searching for the fastest dynamo: Laminar ABC flows"
    Phys. Rev. E 84 , 026321 (2011) [arxiv], [online], [pdf].
    
    
66. A. Alexakis
    ``Nonlinear dynamos at infinite magnetic Prandtl number"
    Phys. Rev. E 83 036301 (2011) [arxiv], [online], [pdf].
    
    
before 2010


67. A. Alexakis, F. Petrelis
    ``Planar bifurcation subject to multiplicative noise: Role of Symmetry"
    Phys. Rev. E 80 041134 (2009) [online], [pdf].
    
    
68. A. Alexakis
    ``Stratified shear flow instabilities at large Richardson numbers"
    Phys. Fluids 21 , 015108 (2009) [arxiv], [online], [pdf].
    
    
69. P. Mininni, A. Alexakis, A. Pouquet,
    ``Scale interactions and scaling laws in rotating flows at moderate Rossby numbers and large Reynolds numbers"
    Phys. of Fluids, 21 , 015108 (2009) [arxiv], [online], [pdf].
    
    
70. Y. Ponty, P.D. Mininni, J.P. Laval, A. Alexakis, J. Baerenzung, F. Daviaud, B. Dubrulle, J.F. Pinton, H. Politano, A. Pouquet
    ``Linear and non-linear features of the Taylor-Green dynamo"
    Comptes Rendus Physique 9 749-756 (2008) [online], [pdf].
    
    
71. Alexakis, Y. Ponty,
    ``The Lorentz force effect on On-Off intermitency"
    Phys. Rev. E 77 056308 [arxiv], [online], [pdf].
    
    
72. P. Mininni, A. Alexakis, A. Pouquet,
    ``Non-local interactions in hydrodynamic turbulence at high Reynolds numbers: the slow emergence of scaling laws"
    Phys. Rev. E 77 036306 (2008) [arxiv], [online], [pdf].
    
    
73. A. Alexakis, B. Bigot, H. Politano, S. Galtier,
    ``Anisotropic fluxes and nonlocal interactions in MHD turbulence"
    Phys. Rev. E 76 056313 (2007) [arxiv], [online], [pdf].
    
    
74. A. Alexakis
    ``Nonlocal phenomenology for anisotropic MHD turbulence"
    Astrophys. J. 667 L93 (2007) [arxiv], [online], [pdf].
    
    
75. A. Alexakis , P.D. Mininni , A. Pouquet
    ``Turbulent cascades, transfer and scale interactions in magnetohydrodynamics"
    New Journal of Physics 9 298 (2007) [online], [pdf].
    
    
76. A. Alexakis,
    ``Marginally unstable Holmboe modes",
    Phys. Fluids, 19 , 054105 (2007) [arxiv], [online], [pdf].
    
    
77. P. Mininni, A. Alexakis, A. Pouquet,
    ``Energy transfer in Hall-MHD turbulence, cascades, backscatter and dynamo action",
    J. Plasma Physics 73 377 (2007) [arxiv], [online], [pdf].
    
    
78. A. Alexakis, C.R. Doering
    ``Energy and enstrophy dissipation in steady state 2-d turbulence",
    Phys. Lett. A 359, 652-657 (2006) [arxiv], [online], [pdf].
    
    
79. P. Mininni, A. Alexakis, A. Pouquet,
    ``Large scale flow effects, energy transfer and self-similarity on turbulence",
    Phys. Rev E 74 016303 (2006) [arxiv], [online], [pdf].
    
    
80. A. Alexakis, P. Mininni, A. Pouquet
    ``On the inverse cascade of Magnetic Helicity",
    Astrophys. J. 640 335 (2005) [arxiv], [online], [pdf].
    
    
81. A. Alexakis, P. Mininni, A. Pouquet,
    ``The imprint of large scale flows on turbulence",
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 95 264503 (2005) [arxiv], [online], [pdf].
    
    
82. A. Alexakis P. Mininni, A. Pouquet,
    ``Shell to Shell energy transfer in MHD, Part I: steady state turbulence",
    Phys. Rev. E 72 046301 (2005) [arxiv], [online], [pdf].
    
    
83. P. Mininni, A. Alexakis, A. Pouquet,
    ``Shell to Shell energy transfer in MHD, Part II: Kinematic dynamo",
    Phys. Rev. E 72 046302 (2005) [arxiv], [online], [pdf].
    
    
84. A. Alexakis,
    ``On Holmboe's instability for smooth shear and density profiles",
    Phys. Fluids 17, 084103, (2005) [arxiv], [online], [pdf].
    
    
85. A. Alexakis, L.J. Dursi, A.C. Calder, R. Rosner, J.W. Truran, B. Fryxell, M. Zingale, F.X. Timmes, K. Olson, P. Ricker, P. MacNeice,
    ``On the nonlinear evolution of wind-driven gravity waves",
    Phys. Fluids 16, 3256 (2004), [online], [pdf].
    
    
86. A. Alexakis, A. C. Calder, A. Heger, E. F. Brown, L.J. Dursi, J.W. Truran, R. Rosner, D.Q. Lamb, F.X. Timmes, B. Fryxell, M. Zingale, P.M. Ricker, K. Olson,
    ``On Heavy Element Enrichment in Classical Novae",
    Astrophys. J. 602, 931 (2004) [arxiv], [online], [pdf].
    
    
87. A. Alexakis, Y.Young, R. Rosner,
    ``Weakly non-linear analysis of wind-driven gravity waves",
    J. Fluid Mech. 503, 171 (2004) [online], [pdf].
    
    
88. A. Alexakis, F. Petrelis, C.R. Doering, P. Morrison,
    ``Bounds on dissipation in magnetohydrodynamic Couette and Hartmann shear flow",
    Phys. Plasmas 10(11) 4323 (2003) [online], [pdf].
    
    
89. F. Petrelis, A. Alexakis, C.R. Doering, P. Morrison,
    ``Bounds on dissipation in magnetohydrodynamic problems in plane shear geometry",
    Phys. Plasmas 10(11) 4313 (2003) [online], [pdf].
    
    
90. A. Alexakis, Y. Young, R. Rosner,
    ``Shear instability of fluid interfaces: a linear analysis",
    Phys. Rev. E 65 26313 (2002) [online], [pdf].
    
    
91. R. Rosner, A. Alexakis, Y. Young, J. Truran, W. Hillebrand,
    ``On the C/O Enrichment of Novae Ejecta"
    Astrophys. J. 562 L177 (2001). [arxiv], [online], [pdf].
    
    

Thesis

1. A. Alexakis,
   ``On the generation of gravity waves in astrophysical environments"
   University od Chicago [Thesis]

Chapters in books

1. R. Rosner, A. Alexakis,
   ``Mixing at the surface of White Dwarfs",
   Fluid Dynamics and Dynamos in Astrophysics and Geophysics, edited by: A.M. Soward,
   C.A. Jones, D.W. Hughes and N.O. Weis, CRC Press (2005)
   
   

Conference Proceedings

1. Mininni PD, Alexakis A, Pouquet A,
   ``Scale interactions and non-local flux in hydrodynamic turbulence",
   Symposium on Computational Physics and New Perspectives in Turbulence IUTAM Bookseries 4, 125-130 (2008) ,
   
   
2. A. Pouquet, P. Mininni, D. Montgomery, A. Alexakis,
   ``Dynamics of the small scales in magnetohydrodynamic turbulence",
   Symposium on Computational Physics and New Perspectives in Turbulence IUTAM Bookseries 4, 305-312 (2008)
   
   
3. Calder AC, Alexakis A, Dursi LJ, et al.,
   ``Mixing by non-linear gravity wave breaking on a white dwarf surface",
   International Conference on Classical Nova Explosions, AIP conference pro- ceedings 637 134-138 (2002)
   
   
4. Dursi LJ, Calder AC, Alexakis A, et al. ,
   ``Onset of convection on a pre-runaway white dwarf",
   International Conference on Classical Nova Explosions, AIP conference proceedings 637 139-143 (2002)