Comprehensive list of publications (linked to journal archives)

I am thankful to the publishers (AGU Journals, Cambridge University Press, American Physical Society, Oxford University Press) who permit the posting of published journal articles. Clicking on the journal name gives access to the article via the editor’s web site. Hal is the open access archive maintained by CNRS and other French institutions.

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From 2016 :

69. Schwaiger T., Gillet N., Jault D., Istas M., Mandea M., Wave-like motions and torques in Earth’s core as inferred from geomagnetic data : a synthetic study, Phys. Earth Planet. Int., 346, 107104, 2024.

68. Firsov I., Jault D., Gillet N., Aubert J., Mandea M., Radial shear in the flow at the Earth’s core surface, Geophysical J. Int., 235, 2524-2539, 2023.

67. Finlay C., Gillet N., Aubert J., Livermore Ph., Jault D., Gyres, jets and waves in Earth’s core, Nat Rev Earth Environ, 2023.

66. Schwaiger T., Jault D., Gillet N., Schaeffer N., Mandea M., Local estimation of quasi-geostrophic flows in Earth’s core, Geophys. J. Int.,234, 494-511, 2023.

65. Gillet N., Gerick F., Jault D., Schwaiger T., Aubert J., Istas M., Satellite magnetic data reveal interannual waves in Earth’s core, Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 119, 13, e2115258119, 2022.

64. Gillet N., Gerick F., Angappan R., Jault D. A dynamical prospective on interannual geomagnetic field changes, Surveys in Geophysics, 2021.

63. Gerick F., Jault D., Noir J., Fast quasi-geostrophic Magneto-Coriolis modes in the Earth’s core, Geophys. Res. Lett., 48, e2020GL090803, 2021.

62. Gerick F., Jault D., Noir J., Vidal J., Pressure torque of torsional Alfvén modes acting on an ellipsoidal mantle, Geophys. J. Int., 222, 338-351, 2020.

61. Jault D., Tangential stress at the core-mantle interface, Geophys. J. Int., 221, 951-967, 2020.

60. Domingos J., Pais A., Jault D., Mandea M., Temporal resolution of internal magnetic field modes from satellite data, Earth, planets and space, 71, 2, 2019.

59. Schaeffer N., Jault D., Nataf H.-C., Fournier A., Turbulent geodynamo simulations : a leap towards Earth’s core, Geophys. J. Int., 211, 1-29. DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggx265, 2017. ArXiv e-prints.

58. Domingos J., Jault D., Pais M. A., Mandea M., The South Atlantic Anomaly throughout the solar cycle, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 473, 154-163, 2017.

57. Gillet N., Jault D., Canet E., Excitation of traveling torsional normal modes in an Earth’s core model, Geophys. J. Int., 210, 1503-1516, DOI : https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggx237, 2017. Free-access link to the article.

56. Bouligand C., Gillet N., Jault D., Schaeffer N., Fournier A., Aubert J., Frequency spectrum of the geomagnetic field harmonic coefficients from dynamo simulations. Geophys. J. Int., 207, 1142-1157, doi:1093/gji/ggw326, 2016. Free-access link to the article.

55. Schaeffer N., Jault D., Electrical conductivity of the lowermost mantle explains absorption of core torsional waves at the equator. Geophys. Res. Lett. 109 4922-4928 doi:10.1002/2016GL068301, 2016. Accepted author manuscript (arXiv).

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[2006-2015]

54. Labbé F., Jault D., Gillet N., On magnetostrophic inertia-less waves in quasi-geostrophic models of planetary cores. Geophys. astrophys. Fluid dyn. 109 (6) 587-610 , DOI : 10.1080/03091929.2015.1094569, 2015. Accepted author manuscript.

53. Jault D., Illuminating the electrical conductivity of the lowermost mantle from below. Geophys. J. Int. 202 (1) 482-496 doi : 10.1093/gji/ggv152 , 2015. Free-access link to the article

52. Gillet N., Jault D., Finlay C. C., Planetary gyre, time-dependent eddies, torsional waves and equatorial jets at the Earth’s core surface. J. Geophys. Res. - Solid Earth doi:10.1002/2014JB011786, 120, 3991-4013, 2015. Accepted author manuscript (hal).

51. Jault D., Finlay C. C., Waves in the core and mechanical core-mantle interactions. Treatise on Geophysics. 2nd Edition, (Elsevier, Oxford) Volume 8, Core dynamics, Schubert G. (ed.-in-chief) and Olson P., Chapter 8.09, pp 225-244, 2015.

50. Hellio G., Gillet N., Bouligand C., Jault D., Stochastic modeling of archeomagnetic series. Geophys. J. Int. , 199, 931-943, 2014. Free-access link to the article. Accepted author manuscript (hal).

49. Gillet N., Jault D., Finlay C. C., Olsen N., Stochastic modeling of the Earth’s magnetic field : inversion for covariances over the observatory era.
Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 14, 766-786, 2013. Personal copy.

48. Schaeffer N., Jault D., Cardin Ph., Drouard M., On the reflection of Alfvèn waves and its implications for Earth’s core modeling.
Geophys. J. Int., 191, 508-516, 2012. Personal copy.

47. Gillet N., Schaeffer N., Jault D., Rationale and geophysical evidence for quasi-geostrophic dynamics within the Earth’s core.
Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 187, 380-390, 2011. Accepted author manuscript (hal).

46. Jault D. Ancient lunar dynamo.
Nature, 479, 183-184, 2011

45. Brito D., Alboussiere T., Cardin Ph., Gagnière N., Jault D., La Rizza Ph., Masson J.-P., Nataf H.-C., Schmitt D. Zonal shear and super-rotation in a magnetized spherical Couette-flow experiment.
Physical Review E, 83, 066310, 2011. Accepted author manuscript (hal). Personal copy.

44. Gillet N., Jault D., Canet E., Fournier A., Fast torsional oscillations and strong magnetic field within the Earth’s core.
Nature, 465, 74-77, 2010

43. Fournier A., Hulot G., Jault D., Kuang W., Tangborn A., Canet E., Aubert J., Lhuillier F., An introduction to data assimilation and predictability in geomagnetism.
Space Science Reviews, 155, 247-291, 2010

42. Canet E., Fournier A., Jault D., Forward and adjoint quasi-geostrophic models of the geomagnetic secular variation.
J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1029/2008JB006189, 2009. Personal copy.

41. Gillet N., Pais M. A., Jault D., Ensemble inversion of time-dependent core flow models.
Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 10, Q06004, doi:10.1029/2008GC002290 , 2009

40. Pais M. A., Jault D., Quasi-geostrophic flows responsible for the Secular Variation of the Earth’s magnetic field.
Geophys. J. Int., 173, 421-443, 2008. Accepted author manuscript (hal).

39. Jault D., Axial invariance of rapidly varying diffusionless motions in the Earth’s core interior.
Phys. Earth Planet. Inter. , 166, 67-76, 2008. Accepted author manuscript (hal).

38. Schmitt D., Alboussière T., Brito D., Cardin Ph., Gagnière N., Jault D., Nataf H.-C., Rotating spherical Couette flow in a dipolar magnetic field : Experimental evidence of magneto-inertial waves.
J. Fluid Mech., 604, 175-197, 2008.

37. Nataf H.-C., Alboussière T., Brito D., Cardin Ph., Gagnière N., Jault D., Schmitt D., Rapidly rotating spherical Couette flow in a dipolar magnetic field : an experimental study of the mean axisymmetric flow.
Phys. Earth Planet. Inter. , 170, 60-72, 2008. Accepted author manuscript (arXiv).

36. Gillet N., Brito D., Jault D., Nataf H.-C. Experimental and numerical studies of convection in a rapidly rotating spherical shell.
J. Fluid Mech., 580, 83-121, 2007.

35. Gillet N., Brito D., Jault D., Nataf H.-C. Experimental and numerical studies of magnetoconvection in a rapidly rotating spherical shell.
J. Fluid Mech, 580, 123-143, 2007.

34. Jault D., Core-Mantle Coupling, Topographic.
in "Encyclopaedia of Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism", editor D. Gubbins and E. Herrero-Bervera, Encyclopaedia of Earth Science Series, Springer, 135-136, 2007

33. Nataf H.-C., Alboussiere T., Brito D., Cardin Ph., Gagnière N., Jault D., Masson J.-P., Schmitt D. Experimental study of super-rotation in magnetostrophic spherical Couette flow.
Geophys. astrophys. fluid dyn., 100, 281-298, 2006. Accepted author manuscript (arXiv).

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Until 2005 :

32. Jault D., G. Légaut, Alfvén waves within the Earth’s core.
in "Fluid Dynamics and Dynamos in Astrophysics and Geophysics" Volume editors A. M. Soward C. A. Jones D. W. Hughes N. O. Weiss, 277-294, CRC Press, 2005.

31. Schmitt D.,Jault D., Numerical study of a rotating fluid in a spheroidal container.
J. Comput. Phys. 197/2, 671-685, 2004. Accepted author manuscript (hal).

30. Dormy E., Soward A. M., Jones C. A., Jault D., Cardin Ph., The onset of thermal convection in rotating spherical shells.
J. Fluid Mech, 501, 43-70, 2004

29. Noir J., Cardin Ph., Jault D., Masson J.-P., Experimental evidence of nonlinear resonance effects between retrograde precession and the tilt-over mode within a spheroid.
Geophys. J. Int. 154, 407-416, 2003.

28. Jault D. Electromagnetic and Topographic Coupling, and LOD variations.
in "Earth’s core and lower mantle" Volume editors C.A. Jones, A.M. Soward, K. Zhang (The Fluid Mechanics of Astrophysics and Geophysics, series editors A. Soward and M. Ghil), 56-76, Taylor & Francis, London, 2003.

27. Ponsar S., Dehant V., Holme R., Jault D., Pais A., Van Hoolst T. The Core and Fluctuations in the Earth’s Rotation.
in "Earth’s core Dynamics, Structure, Rotation" Volume editors V. Dehant, K.C. Creager, S. Karato, S. Zatman (Geodynamics Series), 251-261, AGU, Washington, 2003

26. Dormy E., Jault D., Soward A. M. A super-rotating shear layer in magnetohydrodynamic spherical Couette flow.
J. Fluid Mech, 452, 263-291, 2002.

25. Cardin Ph., Brito D., Jault D. , Nataf H.-C., Masson J.-P. Towards a rapidly rotating liquid sodium dynamo experiment.
Magnetohydrodynamics, 38, No 1-2, 177-189, 2002. Accepted author manuscript (hal).

24. Noir J., Jault D., Cardin Ph. Numerical study of the motions within a slowly precessing sphere, at low Ekman number.
J. Fluid Mech., 437, 283-299, 2001.

23. Wicht J., Jault D., Electromagnetic core-mantle coupling for laterally varying mantle conductivity.
J. Geophys. Res., 105, 23569-23578, DOI : 10.1029/2000JB900176, 2000.

22. Wicht J., Jault D., Constraining electromagnetic core-mantle coupling.
Phys. Earth planet. Inter. , 111, 123-139, 1999.

21. Jault D., Cardin Ph., On dynamic geodynamo models with imposed velocity as energy sources.
Phys. Earth planet. Inter. , 111, 75-81, 1999.

20. Jault D., Cardin Ph., Nataf H.C., Geodynamo and MHD.
in "Transfer Phenomena in Magnetohydrodynamic and Electroconducting Flows", Alemany, A., Marty, Ph. and Thibault, J.P. pp 17-30 Collection "Fluid mechanics and its applications" Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 1999.

19. Jault D., Le Mouël J.-L., Comment on "On the dynamics of topographical core-mantle coupling" by Kuang and Bloxham.
Phys. Earth planet. Inter. , 114, 211-215, 1999.

18. Ultré-Guérard P., Jault D., Alexandrescu M., Achache J. Improving geomagnetic field models for the period 1980-1999 using Oersted data.
Earth, Planets and Space , 50, 635, 1998.

17. Dormy E., Cardin Ph., Jault D., MHD flow in a slightly differentially rotating spherical shell, with conducting inner core, in a dipolar magnetic field.
Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 160, 15-30, 1998.

16. Jault D., Sur l’inhibition de la régénération du champ magnétique dans certains modèles de dynamo planétaire en présence d’une graine solide.
C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, 323, Série II a, 451-458, 1996.

15. Jault D., Hulot G., Le Mouël J.-L., Mechanical core-mantle coupling and dynamo modelling.
Phys. Earth planet. Inter. , 98, 187-191, 1996

14. Jault D. Model Z by computation and Taylor’s condition.
Geophys. Astrophys. Fluid Dynamics , 79, 99-124, 1995.

13. Jault D., Le Mouël J.-L., Does secular variation involve motions in the deep core ?
Phys. Earth planet. Inter. , 82, 185-193, 1994

12. Jouanne F., Ménard G., Jault D., Present-day deformation of the french northwestern alps/southern Jura mountains : comparison between historical triangulations.
Geophys. J. Int. , 119, 151-165, 1994

11. Jault D., Le Mouël J.-L., Circulation in the liquid core and coupling with the mantle.
Adv. Space Res. , 13, 221-233, 1993

10. Le Mouël J.L., Courtillot V., Jault D., Changes in Earth rotation rate.
Nature , 355, 6356-6356, 1992

9. Jault D., Le Mouël J.-L., Physical properties at the top of the core and core surface motions.
Phys. Earth planet. Inter., 68, 76-84, 1991

8. Jault D., Le Mouël J.-L., Exchange of Angular Momentum between the Core and the Mantle.
J. Geomag. Geoelectr., 43, 111-129, 1991

7. Jault D., Le Mouël J.-L., Core-mantle boundary shape : constraints inferred from the pressure torque acting between the core and the mantle.
Geophys. J. Int. , 101, 233-241, 1990

6. Hulot G., Le Mouël J.-L., Jault D., The flow at the core-mantle boundary : symmetry properties.
J. Geomag. Geoelectr. , 42, 857-874, 1990

5. Hinderer J., Jault D., Legros H., Le Mouël J.-L., Core-mantle topographic torque : a spherical harmonic approach and implications for the excitation of the Earth’s rotation by core motions.
Phys. Earth planet. Inter. , 59, 329-341, 1990

4. Jault D., Le Mouël J.-L., Flow at the top of the outer core and topographic core-mantle coupling.
(in "Core-mantle interactions", Aldridge et coll.) Surveys in Geophysics, 11, 347-349, 1990

3. Jault D., Le Mouël J.-L., The topographic torque associated with a tangentially geostrophic motion at the core surface and inferences on the flow inside the core.
Geophys. Astrophys. Fluid Dynamics, 48, 273-295, 1989

2. Jault D., Gire C., Le Mouël J.-L., Westward drift, core motions and exchanges of angular momentum between core and mantle.
Nature, 333, 353-356, 1988.

1. Le Mouël J.-L., Jault D., Gire C., Sur la forme des mouvements lents animant le fluide du noyau terrestre.
C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, 305, Série II, 619-624, 1987

Thesis (1990, in French)

Introduction

I. Angular momentum budget : fluid core + solid mantle

II.1. Torques acting between the core and the mantle : the electromagnetic torque

II.2 Torques acting between the core and the mantle : the topographic torque