ERC project THEIA

- 2026 -

22. Semi-convection in rotating spherical shells: flows, layers and dynamos
P. Pružina, N. Schaeffer, D. Cébron. Accepted in Journal of Fluid Mechanics. Preprint.

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

20. Magnetohydrodynamic drag on an oscillating sphere in a rotating cavity
D. Cébron and P. Personnettaz. Accepted in Journal of Fluid Mechanics. Preprint.

19. 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. Data and code (Personnettaz and team).

18. Did lunar tides sustain the early Earth’s dynamo?
J. Vidal and D. Cébron. Comptes Rendus Géoscience, 358, 1–26, 2026. Preprint.

- 2025 -

17. Planetary dynamos driven by semi-convection in stratified layers
P. Pružina, D. Cébron, N. Schaeffer. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 703, A135, 2025. Preprint.

16. Modal acoustic velocimetry in libration-driven flows
H.-C. Nataf, S. Su, P. Roux, P. Cardin, D. Cébron, Y. Do. Experiments in Fluids, 66, 185, 2025.

14. The spectrum of the Poincaré operator in an ellipsoid
Y. Colin de Verdière & J. Vidal
Journal of Spectral Theory, 2025. Preprint

13. Topographic Drag at the Core-Mantle Interface
R. Monville, D. Cébron, D. Jault,
Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth, 130, e2024JB029770, 2025. PDF, Supp. Mat.

- 2024 -

15. On gravito-inertial surface waves
Y. Colin de Verdière and J. Vidal. Preprint.

12. Inertia-gravity waves in geophysical vortices
Vidal J. & Colin de Verdière Y., 2024,
Proceeding of the Royal Society A, 480 (2285), 20230789. PDF

11. Geophysical flows with topography, a playground for laboratory experiments
J. Vidal, J. Noir, D. Cébron, F. Burmann, R. Monville, V. Giraud,
Comptes Rendus. Physique, pp. 1-52, 2024. PDF

10. Compaction-driven convection in the growing inner core
K. W. Lim, R. Deguen, D. Cébron, A. Schulze, M. Mandea,
Geophysical Research Letters, 51, e2024GL110749, 2024. PDF, Sup. Mat.

- 2023 -

9. 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, 095904, 2023. PDF

8. Precession-driven flows in stress-free ellipsoids
J. Vidal & D. Cébron
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 954, A5, 2023. PDF

- 2022 -

7. Sustaining Earth’s magnetic dynamo
M. Landeau, A. Fournier, H.-C. Nataf, D. Cébron, N. Schaeffer
Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 3, 255–269, 2022. PDF, or open link

6. 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, 107-148, 2022. PDF

- 2021 -

5. 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. PDF

4. The effects of a Robin boundary condition on thermal convection in a rotating spherical shell
T. Clarte, N. Schaeffer, S. Labrosse & J. Vidal,
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 918, A36, 2021. PDF

3. Kinematic dynamos in triaxial ellipsoids
J. Vidal & D. Cébron,
Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 477 (2252), 20210252, 2021. PDF

2. 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. PDF

- 2020 -

1. Acoustic and inertial modes in planetary-like rotating ellipsoids
J. Vidal & D. Cébron,
Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 476, 20200131, 2020. PDF