Christophe Gissinger Associate professor at Ecole Normale Superieure (ENS Paris)
NEWS :
10/2023.  
PhD defense of Marlone Vernet
Congratulations to Marlone !
01/2023.  
Why do the cores of stars spin more slowly than expected?
Our article Spin-down by dynamo action in simulated radiative stellar
layers has been published in Science. In a numerical model
reproducing a stellar interior, we have shown that a subcritical
generation of a magnetic dynamo can transport very efficiently the
angular momentum in stars. Click here for a news story by Scientific American and
click here for a news story by CNRS.
09/2022.  
An accretion disk in the laboratory
By driving a liquid metal with a magnetic field and electric
currents, we have obtained the first laboratory model of a
turbulent Keplerian accretion disk. See how this experiment
predicts the amount of angular momentum carried by turbulence
around black holes and protostars in
our recent PRL study.. Click here for
a new story by APS and here for an interview by ENS on this topic.
02/2021.  
Popular Science conference at ESPG
Wide-audience conference on: a magnetically-driven equatorial jet in Europa's ocean (laboratory experiments)
⇒Conference link.
09/2020.  
New M2 Mathematical Modeling and Macroscopic Physics
Opening of the new PSL master program 'M3P' offering courses in macroscopic physics, thermodynamics out of equilibrium, fluid dynamics, non-linear waves and patterns generated by instability.
More informations here.
10/2020.  
Nomination at Institut Universitaire de France
It is a great honor to be nominated as a junior member of the Institut Universitaire de France (IUF) !
⇒Go to website.
03/2019.  
A magnetically-driven equatorial jet in Europa's ocean
Our paper on the oceans of Jupiter's moons has been published in
Nature Astronomy.
09/2019.  
Michael Pereira is now assistant professor at Arts et Metiers
Congratulations to him !
09/2019.  
ANR Grant on energy transformations and MHD instabilities.
Thank you to the French National Agency for funding my project for the next five years.
12/2018.  
PhD defense of Michael Pereira
Congratulations to Michael !
11/2018.  
Habilitation HDR
I thank the jury of my HDR for the delivery of this habilitation to
direct research.
11/2016.  
PhD defense of Florence Marcotte
Congratulations to Florence !
09/2013.  
ANR Grant on electromagnetic pumps
I received an ANR grant for the next 3 years !