François PETRELIS
CNRS, Laboratoire de Physique de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS Paris)

Articles

•    Random interfaces generated by the addition of structures of variable size
  N. Pétrélis, F. Pétrélis,
  Physical Review E 110, 064804 (2024)
  
  
•    Stress spatial distributions, the Gutenberg–Richter and Omori–Utsu laws
  F. Pétrélis, K. Chanard, A. Schubnel, T. Hatano,
  Journal of Statistical Mechanics, 043404 (2024)
  
  
•    Experimental dynamos: from models to applications to the geodynamo
  F. Pétrélis,
  Comptes Rendus. Physique, 1-17 (2024)
  
  
•    Quasi-biennial oscillation: laboratory experiments
  B. Semin, F. Pétrélis,
  Comptes Rendus. Physique,1-25 (2024)
  
  
•    Earthquake magnitude distribution and aftershocks: A statistical geometry explanation
  F. Pétrélis, K. Chanard, A. Schubnel, T. Hatano,
  Physical Review E 107, 034132 (2023)
  
  
•    Susceptibility of microseismic triggering to small sinusoidal stress perturbations at the laboratory scale
  M. Colledge, J. Aubry, K. Chanard, F. Pétrélis, C. Duverger, L. Bollinger, A. Schubnel,
  Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 128, e2022JB025583 (2023)
  
  
•    Experimental observation of spontaneous temperature fluctuations in turbulent flows
  G. Prabhudesai, S. Perrard, F. Pétrélis, S. Fauve,
  Europhysics Letters 141, 43002 (2023)
  
  
•    1/f noise and anomalous scaling in Lévy noise-driven on-off intermittency
  A. Van Kan, F. Pétrélis,
  Journal of Statistical Mechanics, 013204 (2023)
  
  
•    Statistics of phase fluctuations of an acoustic wave propagating through a turbulent flow
  G. Prabhudesai, S. Perrard, F. Pétrélis, S. Fauve,
  Europhysics Letters 140, 43001 (2022)
  
  
•    Coherence of velocity fluctuations in turbulent flows
  G. Prabhudesai, S. Perrard, F. Pétrélis, S. Fauve,
  Physical Review Letters 128, 014501 (2022)
  
  
•    Enhanced dynamo growth in non-homogeneous conducting fluids
  F. Marcotte, B. Gallet, F. Pétrélis, C. Gissinger,
  Physical Review E, 104, 015110 (2021)
  
  
•    Symmetry breaking in a turbulent environment
  A. Alexakis, F. Pétrélis, S. J. Benavides, K. Seshasayanan,
  Physical Review Fluids, 6, 024605 (2021)
  
  
•    Earthquake sensitivity to tides and seasons : theoretical studies
  F. Pétrélis, K. Chanard, A.Schubnel, T. Hatano,
  Journal of Statistical Mechanics, 023404 (2021)
  
  
•    Marine sediment characterized by ocean-bottom fiber-optic seismology
  Z.J. Spica, K. Nishida, T. Akuhara, F. Pétrélis, M. Shinohara, T. Yamada,
  Geophysical Research Letters (47), e2020GL088360 (2020)
  
  
•    Sensitivity of Acoustic Emission Triggering to Small Pore Pressure Cycling Perturbations During Brittle Creep
  K. Chanard, A. Nicolas, T. Hatano, F. Pétrélis, S. Latour, S. Vinciguera, A. Schubnel,
  Geophysical Research Letters (46), 7414-7423 (2019)
  
  
•    Nonlinear saturation of the large scale flow in a laboratory model of the quasibiennial oscillation
  B. Semin, N. Garroum, F. Pétrélis, and S. Fauve
  Physical Review Letters (121), 134502 (2018)
  
  
•    Growth rate distribution and intermittency in kinematic turbulent dynamos: Which moment predicts the dynamo onset?
  K. Seshasayanan and F. Pétrélis
  EPL 122 64004 (2018)
  
  
•    Effect of fluctuations on mean-field dynamos
  A. Alexakis, S. Fauve, C. Gissinger, F. Petrelis
  J. Plasma Phys, 84, 735840401 (2018)
  
  
•    Instabilities on a turbulent background
  S. Fauve, J. Hérault, G. Michel, F. Pétrélis
  Journal of Statistical Mechanics, 064001 (2017)
  
  
•    Observation of thermal equilibrium in capillary wave turbulence
  G. Michel, F. Pétrélis, S. Fauve
  Physical Review Letters, (118), 144502 (2017)
  
  
•    Observation of nonlinear sloshing induced by wetting dynamics
  G. Michel, F. Pétrélis, S. Fauve
  Physical Review Fluids, (2), 022801 (2017)
  
  
•    Bifurcations of a large-scale circulation in a quasi-bidimensional turbulent flow
  G. Michel, J. Herault, F. Pétrélis, S. Fauve
  EPL, (115), 64004, (2016)
  
  
•    Generation of a mean flow by an internal wave and its feedback on the wave
  B. Semin, G. Faccini, F. Pétrélis, S. Fauve
  Physics of Fluids, (28) 096601 (2016)
  
  
•    Fluctuations of electrical conductivity: a new source for astrophysical magnetic fields
  Francois Petrelis, Alexandros Alexakis, Christophe Gissinger
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 161102 (2016)
  
  
•    Acoustic Measurement of Surface Wave Damping by a Meniscus
  G. Michel, F. Pétrélis, S. Fauve
  Physical Review Letters, (116), 174301 (2016)
  
  
•    Drifting patterns as field reversals
  F. Pétrélis, C. Laroche, B. Gallet, S. Fauve
  Europhysics Letters (112), 54007 (2015)
  
  
•    Experimental observation of 1/f noise in quasi- bidimensional turbulent flows
  J. Herault, F. Pétrélis, S. Fauve
  Europhysics Letters (111), 44002 (2015)
  
  
•    1/f^alpha Fluctuations in Turbulent Flows : Transitions with Heavy-Tailed Distributed Interevent Durations
  J. Herault, F. Pétrélis, S. Fauve,
  Journal of Statistical Physics (161), 1379-1389 (2015)
  
  
•    Optimum reduction of the dynamo threshold by a ferroma- gnetic layer located in the flow
  J. Herault, F. Pétrélis
  Physical Review E 90, 033015 (2014)
  
  
•    Dynamo efficiency controlled by hydrodynamic bistability
  Sophie Miralles, Johann Herault, Stephan Fauve, Christophe Gissinger, Francois Petrelis, Francois Daviaud, Berengere Dubrulle, Jean Boisson, Mickael Bourgoin, Gautier Verhille, Philippe Odier, Jean-Francois Pinton, Nicolas Plihon
  Phys. Rev. E, 89, 063023 (2014)
  
  
•    Decay rates of magnetic modes below the threshold of a turbulent dynamo
  J. Herault, F. Pétrélis, S. Fauve
  Physical Review E 89 (4) 043004 (2014)
  
  
•    Spatial variations of magnetic permeability as a source of dynamo action
  B. Gallet, F. Pétrélis, S. Fauve
  Journal of Fluid Mechanics 727, 161-190 (2013)
  
  
•    Critical Exponents in zero dimensions
  A. Alexakis, F. Pétrélis
  Journal of Statis- tical Physics 149, 738-753 (2012)
  
  
•    Reversals of a large scale field over a turbulent background
  B. Gallet, J. Herault, C. Laroche, F. Pétrélis, S. Fauve
  Geophysical and Astrophysical fluid Dynamics 106, 468-492 (2012)
  
  
•    Experimental Observation of Spatially Localized DynamoMagnetic Fields
  B. Gallet, S. Aumaitre, J. Boisson, F. Daviaud, B. Dubrulle, N. Bonnefoy, M. Bour- goin, Ph. Odier, J.-F. Pinton, N. Plihon, G. Verhille, S. Fauve, F. Pétrélis
  Physical Review Letters (108), 144501, (2012)
  
  
•    Dynamo action due to spatially dependent magnetic permeability
  B. Gallet, F. Pétrélis, S. Fauve
  Europhysics Letters (97), 69001 (2012)
  
  
•    Anomalous exponent at the onset of an instability
  F. Pétrélis, A. Alexakis
  Physical Review Letters (108), 014501, (2012)
  
  
•    Chaotic motors
  C. Laroche, R. Labbé, F. Pétrélis, S. Fauve
  American Journal of Physics (80), 113-121 (2012)
  
  
•    Plate tectonics may control geomagnetic reversal frequency
  F. Pétrélis, J. Besse, J-P Valet
  Geophysical Research Letters (38), L19303 (2011)
  
  
•    Observation of the condensation of a gas of interacting grains
  C. Laroche, F. Pétrélis
  European Physical Journal B (77) 489-492 (2010)
  
  
•    Dynamo regimes and transitions in the VKS experiment
  M. Berhanu, G. Verhille, J. Boisson, B. Gallet, C. Gissinger, S. Fauve, N. Mordant, F. Petrelis, M. Bourgoin, P. Odier, J.-F. Pinton, N. Plihon, S. Aumaitre, A. Chiffaudel, F. Daviaud, B. Dubrulle and C. Pirat
  Euro. Phys. J. B (2010)
  
  
•    Surface instability driven by dipole-dipole interactions in a granular layer
  Lopez D, Pétrélis F
  Physical Review Letters, (104) 158001 (2010)
  
  
•    Mechanisms for magnetic field reversals
  Pétrélis F, Fauve S
  Philosophical Tran- sactions of the Royal society A (368), 1595-1605 (2010)
  
  
•    Bistability between a stationary and an oscillatory dynamo in a turbulent flow of liquid sodium
  Berhanu M., Gallet B., Monchaux R., Bourgoin M., Odier Ph ., Pinton J. -F., Plihon N., Volk R., Fauve S., Mordant N., Pétrélis F, Aumaitre S., Chiffaudel A. , Daviaud F., Dubrulle B.
  Journal of Fluid Mechanics (641), 217-226 (2009)
  
  
•    Planar bifurcation subject to multiplicative noise : Role of symmetry
  Alexakis A, Pétrélis F
  Physical Review E (80) 041134 (2009)
  
  
•    From Reversing to Hemispherical Dynamos
  Gallet B, Pétrélis F
  Physical Review E (80) 035302 (2009)
  
  
•    Oscillatory instability of interacting grains in a turbulent flow
  Gallet B, Pétrélis F
  Europhysics Letters (87) 54004 (2009)
  
  
•    Simple Mechanism for Reversals of Earth’s Magnetic Field
  Pétrélis F, Fauve S, Dormy E, Valet J-P
  Physical Review Letters (102), 144503 (2009)
  
  
•    The VKS experiment: turbulent dynamical dynamos
  Aumaitre S, Berhanu M, Bourgoin M, Chiffaudel A, Daviaud F, Dubrulle B, Fauve S, Marie L, Monchaux R, Mordant N, Odier P, Pétrélis F, Pinton JF, Plihon N, Ravelet F, Volk R
  Comptes Rendus de Physique 9, 689-701 (2008)
  
  
•    The VKS experiment : Turbulent Dynamical Dynamos
  Monchaux R, Berhanu M., Aumaitre S, Chiffaudel A, Daviaud F, Dubrulle B, Fauve S, Mordant N, Pétrélis F Bourgoin M, Odier P, Pinton J-F, Volk R
  Physics of Fluids (21), 035108 (2009)
  
  
•    Chaotic dynamics of the magnetic field generated by dynamo action in a turbulent flow
  Pétrélis F, Fauve S,
  J. Phys. : Condens. Matter (20) 494203 (2008)
  
  
•    Chaotic dynamos generated by a turbulent flow of sodium liquid
  Ravelet F, Berhanu M, Monchaux R, Aumaître S, Chiffaudel A, Daviaud F, Dubrulle B, Bourgoin M, Odier P, Pinton J-F, Volk R, Fauve S, Mordant N, Pétrélis F
  Physical Review Letters 101, 074502 (2008)
  
  
•    On the magnetic field generated by experimental dynamos
  Pétrélis F, Mordant N, Fauve S
  Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics 101 :3, 289-323 (2007)
  
  
•    Noise-induced bifurcations, Multiscaling and On-Off intermittency
  S. Aumaître, K. Mallick, F. Pétrélis
  Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment (07), P07016 (2007)
  
  
•    Escape from a potential well, stochastic resonance and zero frequency component of the noise
  Pétrélis F, Aumaitre S, Mallick K
  Europhysics Letters 79, 40004 (2007)
  
  
•    Magnetic field reversals in an experimental turbulent dynamo
  Berhanu M, Monchaux R, Fauve S, Mordant N, Pétrélis F, Chiffaudel A, Daviaud F, Dubrulle B, Marié L, Ravelet F, Bourgoin M, Odier P, Pinton JF, Volk R
  Europhysics Letters 77, 59001 (2007)
  
  
•    Scaling laws of turbulent dynamos
  Fauve S, Pétrélis F
  Comptes Rendus de Phy- sique 8, 87-92 (2007)
  
  
•    Generation of a magnetic field by dynamo action in a turbulent flow of liquid sodium
  Monchaux R., Berhanu M., Bourgoin M., Moulin M., Odier Ph ., Pinton J. -F., Volk R., Fauve S., Mordant N., Pétrélis F, Chiffaudel A. , Daviaud F., Dubrulle B., Gasquet C., Marie L., Ravelet F.
  Physical Review Letters 98 (4) 044502 (2007)
  
  
•    Inhibition of dynamo action by phase fluctuations
  Pétrélis F, Fauve S
  Europhysics Letters 76 (4), 602-608 (2006)
  
  
•    Effects of the low frequencies of noise on on-off intermittency
  Aumaitre S, Mallick K, Pétrélis F
  Journal of Statistical Physics 123 (4), 909-927 (2006)
  
  
•    Transport of magnetic field by a turbulent flow of liquid sodium
  Volk R, Ravelet F, Monchaux R, Berhanu M, Chiffaudel A, Daviaud F, Odier P, Pinton JF, Fauve S, Mordant N, Pétrélis F
  Physical Review Letters 97 (7), 074501 (2006)
  
  
•    Tidal conversion at a submarine ridge
  Pétrélis F, Llewellyn Smith SL , Young WR
  Journal of Physical Oceanography 36 (6), 1053-1071 (2006)
  
  
•    Modification of instability processes by muliplicative noises
  Pétrélis F, Aumaitre S,
  European Physical Journal B 51 (3), 357-362 (2006)
  
  
•    Low-frequency noise controls on-off intermittency of bifurcating systems
  Aumaître S, Pétrélis F, Mallick K
  Physical Review Letters 95 (6), 064101 (2005)
  
  
•    Effect of phase noise on parametric instabilities
  Pétrélis F, Aumaître S, Fauve S
  Physical Review Letters 94 (7), 070603 (2005)
  
  
•    Bounds on the dissipation in the Lorenz system
  Pétrélis F, Pétrélis N
  Physics Letters A 326 (1-2), 85-92 (2004)
  
  
•    On the scattering of sound by a magnetic field in a MHD fluid
  Pétrélis F, Lund F
  European Physical Journal B 35 (3), 291-294 (2003)
  
  
•    Bounds in the dissipation in magne- tohydrodynamic problem in plane shear geometry
  Pétrélis F, Alexakis A, Doering CR, Morrison PJ
  Physics of Plasmas 10 (11), 4314-4323 (2003)
  
  
•    Bounds on dissipation in magneto- hydrodynamic Couette and Hartmann shear flows
  Alexakis A, Pétrélis F, Morrison PJ, Doering CR
  Physics of Plasmas 10 (11), 4324-4334 (2003)
  
  
•    Intermittency at the edge of stochastically inhibited pattern- forming instability
  Pétrélis F, Aumaître S
  European Physical Journal B, 34 (3), 281-284 (2003)
  
  
•    Nonlinear magnetic induction by helical motion in a liquid sodium turbulent flow
  Pétrélis F, Bourgoin M, Marié L, Burguete J, Chiffaudel A, Daviaud F, Fauve S, Odier P, Pinton JF
  Physical Review Letters 90 (17), 174501 (2003)
  
  
•    Open questions about homogeneous fluid dynamos : the VKS experiment
  Marié L, Pétrélis F, Bourgoin M, Burguete J, Chiffaudel A, Daviaud F, Fauve S, Odier P, Pinton JF
  Magnetohydrodynamics 38, 156-169 (2002)
  
  
•    Magnetohydrody- namics measurements in the von Karman sodium experiment
  Bourgoin M, Marié L, Pétrélis F, Gasquet C, Guigon A, Luciani JB, Moulin M, Namer F, Burguete J, Chiffaudel A, Daviaud F, Fauve S, Odier P, Pinton JF
  Physics of Fluids 14 (9), 3046-3058 (2002)
  
  
•    Saturation of a Ponomarenko type fluid dynamo
  Nunez A, Pétrélis F, Fauve S
  In Dynamo and Dynamics, a Mathematical Challenge, edited by P. Chossat, al., pp. 67–74, 2001 (Kluwer Academic Publishers : Dordrecht)
  
  
•    Saturation of the magnetic field above the dynamo threshold
  Pétrélis F, Fauve S
  European Physical Journal B 22 (3), 273-276 (2001)
  
  
•    Parametric Stabilization of the Rosensweig Instability
  Pétrélis F, Falcon E, Fauve S,
  European Physical Journal B 15 (1), 3-6 (2000)
  
  

Book Chapters

•    Saturation of the dynamo instability
  S. Fauve, F. Pétrélis
  Mathematical Aspects of Natural Dynamos”, Ed. E. Dormy, A. Soward, pp 59-79, CRC Press (2007)
  
  
•    The dynamo effect
  S. Fauve, F. Pétrélis
  Peyresq Lectures on Nonlinear Phenomena, Vol. II, Ed. J-A Sepulchre, pp. 1-64, World Scientific (2003).
  
  

Thesis

•    Désordre et Instabilités
  Pétrélis F
  Habilitation à diriger des recherches, Ecole Normale Supérieure (2011)
  
  
•    Effet Dynamo: Etude des mécanismes d'instabilité et de saturation du champ magnétique
  Pétrélis F
  Thèse de l'Université Paris 6, 2002
  
  

Articles for the general public

•    La Mesure du taux de CO2: un outil pour évaluer la qualité de l'aération
  B. Semin, J.M. Courty, F. Elias, S. Faure, B. Maury, F. Pétrélis,
  Bulletin de l'union des Physiciens, 116, 467-482, (2022)
  
  
•   How Does Earth’s Magnetic Field Reverse ?
  Pétrélis F.,
  Atomium Culture 2014
  
  
•    Pôles : un magnétisme créé par une dynamo géante
  Pétrélis F.
  Académie des Sciences-LeFigaro 2012
  
  
•    When north heads south
  Pétrélis F., Valet J.-P., Besse J.
  Physics World (25), 51-55, 2012