Selected publications

– Monville R., Cebron D., Jault D., Topographic drag at the core-mantle interface, accepted for publication, Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth, 130, e2024JB029770, 2025.
– 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.
– Firsov I., Jault D., Gillet N., Aubert J., Mandea M., Radial shear in the flow at the Earth’s core surface, Geophys. J. Int., 235, 2524-2539, 2023.
– Finlay C., Gillet N., Aubert J., Livermore Ph., Jault D., Gyres, jets and waves in Earth’s core, Nat Rev Earth & Environ, 2023.
– 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.
– 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.
– Gillet N., Gerick F., Angappan R., Jault D. A dynamical prospective on interannual geomagnetic field changes, Surveys in Geophysics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10712-021-09664-2, 2021.
– Gerick F., Jault D., Noir J., Fast quasi-geostrophic Magneto-Coriolis modes in the Earth’s core, Geophys. Res. Lett., 48 , e2020GL090803, 2021.
– 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.
– Jault D., Tangential stress at the core-mantle interface, Geophys. J. Int., 221, 951-967, 2020.
– 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.
– Schaeffer N., Jault D., Nataf H.-C., Fournier A., Turbulent geodynamo simulations : a leap towards Earth’s core, Geophys. J. Int., 211, 1-29, 2017.
– 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.
– Gillet N., Jault D., Canet E., Excitation of traveling torsional normal modes in an Earth’s core model, Geophys. J. Int., 210, 1503-1516, 2017.
– 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 : 10.1093/gji/ggw326, 2016.
– Schaeffer N., Jault D., Electrical conductivity of the lowermost mantle explains absorption of core torsional waves at the equator. Geophys. Res. Lett., 43 4922-4928, doi:10.1002/2016GL068301, 2016.
– Labbé F., Jault D., Gillet N., On magnetostrophic inertia-less waves in quasi-geostrophic models of planetary cores, Geophys. astrophys. Fluid dyn., 109 587-610, DOI : 10.1080/03091929.2015.1094569, 2015.
– 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, 120 3991-4013, 2015.
– Jault D., Illuminating the electrical conductivity of the lowermost mantle from below, Geophys. J. Int., 202 (1) 482-496, 2015.
– Jault D., Finlay C. C., Waves in the core and mechanical core-mantle interactions. Treatise on Geophysics. 2nd Edition, ed. Schubert G. and Olson P., Chapter 8.09, pp 225-244, 2015.
– Hellio G., Gillet N., Bouligand C., Jault D., Stochastic modeling of archeomagnetic series, Geophys. J. Int., 199, 931-943, 2014
– 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
– 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
– 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
– Brito D., Alboussiere Th., 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
– 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
– 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
– 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
– 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
– Jault D., Axial invariance of rapidly varying diffusionless motions in the Earth’s core interior, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter. , 166, 67-76, 2008
– 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
– 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
– 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
– 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
– Dormy E., Jault D., Soward A. M. A super-rotating shear layer in magnetohydrodynamic spherical Couette flow, J. Fluid Mech, 452, 263-291, 2002
– 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
– 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
– Jault D. Model Z by computation and Taylor’s condition, Geophys. Astrophys. Fluid Dynamics , 79, 99-124, 1995
– 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
– 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
– 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