ERC project THEIA

Publications associated with THEIA

This page lists the publications associated with THEIA, including collaborative work and articles accepted during the project but published after its completion. The 2020 paper on ellipsoidal modes predates the ERC grant and is included as a methodological foundation.

2026

• Magnetohydrodynamic drag on an oscillating sphere in a rotating spherical cavity
  D. Cébron, P. Personnettaz. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 1045, A13 (2026). Author manuscript / repository. Published online 15 October 2026 (accepted during THEIA).

• Semi-convection in rotating spherical shells: flows, layers and dynamos
  P. Pružina, N. Schaeffer, D. Cébron. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 1044, A1 (2026). Author manuscript / repository. Accepted 22 July 2026; published online 30 September 2026.

• Topographic drag in rapidly rotating fluids
  V. Giraud, J. Noir, D. Cébron, J. Vidal, R. Monville. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 1040, A14 (2026).

• Did lunar tides sustain the early Earth’s dynamo?
  J. Vidal, D. Cébron. Comptes Rendus. Géoscience 358 (G1), 1-26 (2026). Author manuscript / repository.

• Ohmic and viscous damping of inner core translational oscillations
  P. Personnettaz, D. Cébron, N. Schaeffer, R. Deguen, M. Mandea. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 690, 120156 (2026). Issue date: 15 September 2026. Data and figure scripts.

• The spectrum of the Poincaré operator in an ellipsoid
  Y. Colin de Verdière, J. Vidal. Journal of Spectral Theory 16 (3), 751-776 (2026). Author manuscript / repository. First published 6 June 2025; the publisher now cites volume 16 (2026).

2025

• Planetary dynamos driven by semi-convection in stratified layers
  P. Pružina, D. Cébron, N. Schaeffer. Astronomy & Astrophysics 703, A135 (2025). Author manuscript / repository.

• Modal acoustic velocimetry in libration-driven flows
  H.-C. Nataf, S. Su, P. Roux, P. Cardin, D. Cébron, Y. Do. Experiments in Fluids 66 (10), 185 (2025). Author manuscript / repository. See also the publisher correction, Experiments in Fluids 66, 213 (2025).

• Topographic Drag at the Core‐Mantle Interface
  R. Monville, D. Cébron, D. Jault. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 130 (4), e2024JB029770 (2025). Author manuscript / repository.

2024

• Geophysical flows over topography, a playground for laboratory experiments
  J. Vidal, J. Noir, D. Cébron, F. Burmann, R. Monville, V. Giraud, Y. Charles. Comptes Rendus. Physique 25 (S3), 183-234 (2024). Review. Author manuscript / repository. Volume year 2024; first published online 25 June 2025.

• Compaction‐Driven Convection in the Growing Inner Core
  K. W. Lim, R. Deguen, D. Cébron, A. Schulze, M. Mandea. Geophysical Research Letters 51 (23), e2024GL110749 (2024). Author manuscript / repository.

• Inertia-gravity waves in geophysical vortices
  J. Vidal, Y. Colin de Verdière. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 480 (2285), 20230789 (2024).

2023

• MHz free electron laser x-ray diffraction and modeling of pulsed laser heated diamond anvil cell
  N. Jaisle, D. Cébron, Z. Konôpková, et al. Journal of Applied Physics 134 (9), 095904 (2023).

• Precession-driven flows in stress-free ellipsoids
  J. Vidal, D. Cébron. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 954, A5 (2023). Author manuscript / repository. First published online 23 December 2022.

2022

• Sustaining Earth’s magnetic dynamo
  M. Landeau, A. Fournier, H.-C. Nataf, D. Cébron, N. Schaeffer. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment 3 (4), 255-269 (2022). Review.

• Core Eigenmodes and their Impact on the Earth’s Rotation
  S. A. Triana, M. Dumberry, D. Cébron, J. Vidal, A. Trinh, F. Gerick, J. Rekier. Surveys in Geophysics 43 (1), 107-148 (2022). Review. First published online 10 November 2021.

2021

• Acoustic modes of rapidly rotating ellipsoids subject to centrifugal gravity
  J. Vidal, D. Cébron. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 150 (2), 1467-1478 (2021). Author manuscript / repository.

• Kinematic dynamos in triaxial ellipsoids
  J. Vidal, D. Cébron. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 477 (2252), 20210252 (2021). Author manuscript / repository.

• The effects of a Robin boundary condition on thermal convection in a rotating spherical shell
  T. T. Clarté, N. Schaeffer, S. Labrosse, J. Vidal. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 918, A36 (2021). Author manuscript / repository.

• Mean zonal flows induced by weak mechanical forcings in rotating spheroids
  D. Cébron, J. Vidal, N. Schaeffer, A. Borderies, A. Sauret. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 916, A39 (2021). Author manuscript / repository.

Accepted contribution and author preprint

• On gravito-inertial surface waves
  Y. Colin de Verdière and J. Vidal. Accepted for publication in Contemporary Mathematics (AMS). Preprint available on arXiv DOI.

Earlier methodological foundation

• Acoustic and inertial modes in planetary-like rotating ellipsoids
  J. Vidal and D. Cébron. Proceedings of the Royal Society A 476 (2239), 20200131 (2020). Published before the start of THEIA; included here as a methodological precursor. Author manuscript.

See the project homepage for the main scientific results and the Numerics page for the associated software.