Publications
Click on the pictures below to access my profiles
2023
[] Internal shear layers in librating spherical shells: the case of attractors
J He, B Favier, M Rieutord, S Le Dizès J. Fluid Mech.[61] Zonal jets experiments in the gas giants’ zonostrophic regime
D Lemasquerier, B Favier, M Le Bars Icarus 390, 115292
2022
[60] Effects of particle size and background rotation on the settling of particle clouds
Q. Kriaa, E. Subra, B. Favier, M. Le Bars Phys. Rev. Fluids 7 (12) 124302 (PDF available on arXiv)[59] Spontaneous suppression of inverse energy cascade in instability-driven 2-D turbulence
A. van Kan, B. Favier, K. Julien, E. Knobloch J. Fluid Mech. 952 (PDF available on arXiv)[58] Competition between Rayleigh–Bénard and horizontal convection
L.-A. Couston, J. Nandaha, B. Favier J. Fluid Mech. 947 (PDF on open-access on CUP)[57] Surfing on turbulence: a strategy for planktonic navigation
R. Monthiller, A. Loisy, M.A.R. Koehl, B. Favier, C. Eloy Phys. Rev. Lett. 129 (6) 064502 (PDF available on arXiv). See the Physcis Focus.[56] Internal shear layers in librating spherical shells: the case of periodic characteristic paths
J He, B Favier, M Rieutord, S Le Dizès J. Fluid Mech. 939 (PDF available on HAL)[55] Internal gravity waves in a stratified layer atop a convecting liquid core in a non-rotating spherical shell M Bouffard, B Favier, D Lecoanet, M Le Bars Geophys. J. Int. 228 (1) 337 (PDF available on HAL)
2021
[54] Surface manifestation of stochastically excited internal gravity waves
Lecoanet, D., Cantiello, M., Anders, E.H., Quataert, E., Couston, L.A., Bouffard, M., Favier, B. and Le Bars, M. Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 508 (PDF)[53] Spontaneous generation and reversal of helicity in anisotropic turbulence
W Agoua, B Favier, A Delache, A Briard, WJT Bos Phys. Rev. E 103 (6) (PDF available on HAL)[52] Spontaneous knotting of a flexible fiber in chaotic flows
B. Favier Phys. Rev. E 103 (4) (PDF available on arXiv)[51] Topography generation by melting and freezing in a turbulent shear flow
L.-A. Couston, E. Hester, B. Favier, J.R. Taylor, P.R. Holland and A. Jenkins J. Fluid Mech. 911 (PDF in open access, arXiv)[50] Zonal jets at the laboratory scale: hysteresis and Rossby waves resonance
D. Lemasquerier, B. Favier and M. Le Bars J. Fluid Mech. 910 (PDF available on arXiv)[49] Hysteresis and instabilities in a spheroid in precession near the resonance with the tilt-over mode
C. Nobili, P. Meunier, B. Favier and M. Le Bars J. Fluid Mech. 909 (PDF available on HAL)[48] The instability of the vertically-stratified horizontal plane Poiseuille flow
P. Le Gal, U. Harlander, I. Borcia, S. Le Dizès, J. Chen and B. Favier J. Fluid Mech. R. 907 (PDF available on HAL)[47] Laboratory model for plastic fragmentation in the turbulent ocean C. Brouzet, R. Guiné, M.J. Dalbe, B. Favier, N. Vandenberghe, E. Villermaux and G. Verhille Phys. Rev. Fluids 6 (2), 024601 (PDF available on HAL)
[46] Evidence of the Zakharov-Kolmogorov spectrum in numerical simulations of inertial wave turbulence
T. Le Reun, B. Favier and M. Le Bars Europhys. Lett. 132 (arXiv)
2020
[45] Gas giant–like zonal jets in the laboratory
D. Lemasquerier, B. Favier and M. Le Bars Phys. Rev. Fluids 5, 110506 (PDF, see the corresponding Milton van Dyke Award poster)[44] Fluid dynamics of a mixed convective/stably stratified system—A review of some recent works
Michael Le Bars, L.-A. Couston, B. Favier, P. Léard, D. Lecoanet and P. Le Gal Comptes Rendus. Physique 21 no. 2, (PDF)[43] Near-resonant instability of geostrophic modes: beyond Greenspan's theorem
T. Le Reun, B. Gallet, B. Favier and M. Le Bars J. Fluid Mech. 900 R2 (arXiv, PDF)[42] Improved phase-field models of melting and dissolution in multi-component flows
E. Hester, L.-A. Couston, B. Favier, K.J. Burns and G.M. Vasil Proc. Roy. Soc. A 476 20200508 (arXiv, PDF)[41] Robust wall states in rapidly rotating Rayleigh-Bénard convection
B. Favier and E. Knobloch J. Fluid Mech. 895 R1 (also available on arXiv, see the Focus on Fluids article about it)[40] Shape and size of large-scale vortices: a universal fluid pattern in geophysical fluid dynamics
L.-A. Couston, D. Lecoanet, B. Favier and M. Le Bars Phys. Rev. Res. 2 023143 (arXiv)[39] Shape of Jupiter's vortices: remote determination from laboratory experiments
D. Lemasquerier, G. Facchini, B. Favier and M. Le Bars Nature Physics 1-6 (PDF)[38] Bi-stability and equilibrium states in Rayleigh-Bénard convection with a melting boundary
J. Purseed, E. Hester, B. Favier and L. Duchemin Phys. Rev. Fluids 5 023501 (arXiv)[37] Coupled convection and internal gravity waves excited in water around its density maximum at 4◦C
P. Léard, B. Favier, P. Le Gal and M. Le Bars Phys. Rev. Fluids 5 024801 (arXiv, PDF)
2019
[36] Low-frequency variability in massive stars: Core generation or surface phenomenon?
D. Lecoanet, M. Cantiello, E. Quataert, L.-A. Couston, K.J. Burns, B.J.S. Pope, A.S. Jermyn, B. Favier, M. Le Bars Astrophys. J. Lett. 886 (also available on arXiv)[35] Experimental study of the nonlinear saturation of the elliptical instability: inertial wave turbulence versus geostrophic turbulence
T. Le Reun, B. Favier, M. Le Bars J. Fluid Mech. 879 (also available on arXiv)[35] Subcritical turbulent condensate in rapidly rotating Rayleigh–Bénard convection
B. Favier, C. Guervilly, E. Knobloch J. Fluid Mech. 864 (also available on arXiv)[34] Rayleigh-Bénard convection with a melting boundary
B. Favier, J. Purseed and L. Duchemin J. Fluid Mech. 858 (also available on arXiv)
2018
[33] Evolution and characteristics of forced shear flows in polytropic atmospheres: Large and small Péclet number regimes
V. Witzke, L.J. Silvers and B. Favier Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. (also available on arXiv)[32] The energy flux spectrum of internal waves generated by turbulent convection
L.-A. Couston, D. Lecoanet, B. Favier and M. Le Bars J. Fluid Mech. 854 (also available on arXiv)[31] Characterisation of flexible fibre deformations in turbulence
A. Gay, B. Favier and G. Verhille EuroPhys. Lett. 123 accepted.[30] The linear instability of the stratified plane Couette flow
G. Facchini, B. Favier, P. Le Gal, M. Wang and M. Le Bars J. Fluid Mech. 853 (also available on arXiv)[29] Slowly-reversing mean flows emerge from turbulently-generated internal waves
L.-A. Couston, D. Lecoanet, B. Favier and M. Le Bars Phys. Rev. Lett. 120 (also available on arXiv)[28] Statistical properties of three-dimensional zonostrophic turbulence
S. Cabanes, B. Favier and M. Le Bars Geo. Astro. Fluid Dyn. 112 (3)[27] Large-scale dynamos in rapidly rotating plane layer convection
P.J. Bushby, P.J. Käpylä, Y. Masada, A. Brandenburg, B. Favier, C. Guervilly and M.J. Käpylä Astronomy & Astrophysics 612 (also available on arXiv)[26] Turbulent kinematic dynamos in ellipsoids driven by mechanical forcing
K. Sandeep Reddy, B. Favier and M. Le Bars Geophysical Reserach Letters 45 (Journal cover)[25] Parametric instability and wave turbulence driven by tidal excitation of internal waves
T. Le Reun, B. Favier and M. Le Bars J. Fluid Mech. 840 (also available on arXiv)
2017
[24] The diffusive sheet method for scalar mixing
D. Matinez-Ruiz, P. Meunier, B. Favier, L. Duchemin and E. Villermaux J. Fluid Mech. 837[23] Libration-driven flows in ellipsoidal shells
D. Lemasquerier, A.M. Grannan, J. Vidal, D. Cebron, B. Favier, M. Le Bars and J.M. Aurnou J. Geophys. Res. 122 (Journal cover)[22] Dynamics of Mixed Convective–Stably-Stratified Fluids
L.-A. Couston, D. Lecoanet, B. Favier and M. Le Bars Phys. Rev. Fluids 2, 094804 (also available on arXiv)[21] Inertial wave turbulence driven by elliptical instability
T. Le Reun, B. Favier, A.J. Barker and M. Le Bars Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 034502 (also available on arXiv)[20] A laboratory model for deep-seated jets on the gas giants
S. Cabanes, J. M. Aurnou, B. Favier and M. Le Bars Nature Physics 13, 387-390
2016
[19] Tidally forced turbulence in planetary interiors
A. M. Grannan, B. Favier, M. Le Bars and J. M. Aurnou Geophys. J. Int. 208 (3)[18] Evolution of forced shear flows in polytropic atmospheres: a comparison of forcing methods and energetics
V. Witzke, L.J. Silvers and B. Favier Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 463 (also available on arXiv)
2015
[17] Generation and maintenance of bulk turbulence by libration-driven elliptical instability
B. Favier, A. M. Grannan, M. Le Bars and J. M. Aurnou Phys. Fluids 27, 066601[16] Shear instabilities in a fully compressible polytropic atmosphere
V. Witzke, L.J. Silvers and B. Favier Astronomy & Astrophysics 577, A76 (also available on arXiv)
2014
[15] Inverse cascade and symmetry breaking in rapidly rotating Boussinesq convection (see Erratum for Fig.4 here)
B. Favier, L.J. Silvers and M.R.E. Proctor Phys. Fluids 26, 096605 (also available on arXiv)[14] Mesogranulation and small-scale dynamo action in the quiet Sun
P.J. Bushby and B. Favier Astronomy & Astrophysics 562, A72 (also available on arXiv)[13] Nonlinear evolution of tidally forced inertial waves in rotating fluid bodies
B. Favier, A.J. Barker, C. Baruteau and G.I. Ogilvie Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 439 (also available on arXiv)
2013
[12] Kinematic dynamo action in square and hexagonal patterns
B. Favier and M.R.E. Proctor Phys. Rev. E 88 053011 (also available on arXiv) Figure 1(b) of this paper has been selected to be displayed on the journal web site as part of their Kaleidoscope.[11] Growth rate degeneracies in kinematic dynamos
B. Favier and M.R.E. Proctor Phys. Rev. E 88 031001 (also available on arXiv) Figure 3(a) of this paper has been selected to be displayed on the journal web site as part of their Kaleidoscope.[10] On the problem of large-scale magnetic field generation in rotating compressible convection
B. Favier and P.J. Bushby J. Fluid Mech. 723 (also available on arXiv)
2012
[9] How can large-scale twisted magnetic structures naturally emerge from buoyancy instabilities?
B. Favier, L. Jouve, W. Edmunds, L.J. Silvers and M.R.E. Proctor Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc 426 (also available on arXiv)[8] Numerical validation of the volume penalization method in three-dimensional pseudo-spectral simulations
C. Jause-Labert, F.S. Godeferd and B. Favier Computer & Fluids 67[7] Convectively-driven dynamo action in the quiet Sun
P.J. Bushby, B. Favier, M.R.E. Proctor and N.O. Weiss Geo. Astro. Fluid Dyn. 106[6] Small-scale dynamo action in rotating compressible convection
B. Favier and P.J. Bushby J. Fluid Mech. 690 (also available on arXiv)
2011
[5] Quasi-static magnetohydrodynamic turbulence at high Reynolds number
B. Favier, F.S. Godeferd, C. Cambon, A. Delache and W.J.T. Bos J. Fluid Mech. 681 (also available on arXiv)[4] On the effect of rotation on magnetohydrodynamic turbulence at high magnetic Reynolds number
B. Favier, F.S. Godeferd and C. Cambon Geo. Astro. Fluid Dyn. 106 (also available on arXiv)
2010
[3] On the two-dimensionalization of quasistatic magnetohydrodynamic turbulence
B. Favier, F.S. Godeferd, C. Cambon and A. Delache Phys. Fluids 22 075104 (also available on arXiv)[2] On space and time correlations of isotropic and rotating turbulence
B. Favier, F.S. Godeferd and C. Cambon Phys. Fluids 22 0151012009
[1] Modelling the far-field acoustic emission of rotating turbulence
B. Favier, F.S. Godeferd and C. Cambon J. Turb. 9 30Conference proceedings
B. Favier, A. Grannan, M. Le Bars, J. Aurnou, "Turbulent flows driven by the libration of an ellipsoidal container", ETC15, Delft (2015).
B. Favier, A. Grannan, M. Le Bars, J. Aurnou, "Turbulent flows driven by the libration of an ellipsoidal container", ETC15, Delft (2015).
B. Favier, P.J. Bushby, "Dynamos in rotating compressible convection", ETC13, Warsaw (2011).
B. Favier, F.S. Godeferd, C. Cambon, A. Delache, W.J.T. Bos, "Quasi-static magnetohydrodynamic turbulence at high Reynolds number", ETC13, Warsaw (2011).
F.S. Godeferd, L. Liechtenstein, C. Cambon, J.F. Scott, B. Favier, "A model for the far-field anisotropic acoustic emission of rotating turbulence", IUTAM Symposium on Computational Physics and New Perspectives in Turbulence, Japan, (2008)
F.S. Godeferd, C. Cambon, B. Favier, "Modeling the far-field acoustic emission of rotating turbulence", 5th International Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena, Munich, Germany (2008)
B. Favier, F.S. Godeferd, C. Cambon, "Synthetic turbulence model and DNS for magnetohydrodynamic turbulence with rotation", Advances in Turbulence XII, Springer Proceedings Physics, Volume 132, Part 12, 837-840 (2009)
Book chapter
C. Cambon, F.S. Godeferd and B. Favier, "Incorporating linear dynamics and strong anisotropy in Kinematic Simulations. Application to diffusion in rotating, stratified, MHD turbulence, and to aeroacoustics". New Approaches in Modeling Multiphase Flows and Dispersion in Turbulence, Fractal Methods and Synthetic Turbulence, ERCOFTAC Series Volume 18, pp 59-80 (2012).
B. Favier, "A Brief Introduction to Turbulence in Rotating and Stratified Fluids". In: Le Bars M., Lecoanet D. (eds) Fluid Mechanics of Planets and Stars. CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences (Courses and Lectures), vol 595. Springer (2020). PDF
Presentations
Alex Grannan, B. Favier, M. Le Bars, J. Aurnou, "Intense Flows Driven by Mechanical Forcing in Non-Axisymmetric Systems", Abstract NG23A-3794 presented at the AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 2014.
Turbulent flows in libration-driven ellipsoids. Workshop III : Geophysical and Astrophysical Turbulence, IPAM-UCLA, Los Angeles, 2014.
Turbulence dans des ellipsoïdes en libration. Turbulence et interactions ondes-vortex dans les fluides et les plasmas, École Centrale de Lyon, 2014.
Inverse cascade in Rayleigh-Bénard rotating convection. Instabilities and Transport in Magnetized Plasmas, Geophysical and Astrophysical Flows, IMéRa, Marseille, 2014.
Cascade inverse en convection de Rayleigh-Bénard tournante. GdR Turbulence, PMMH-CEA, Paris, 2014.
Ondes d'inertie et interaction de marées : dynamique linéaire et non-linéaire. Centre Henri Bénard - AstroFlu III, École Centrale de Lyon, 2013.
Growth rate degeneraties in kinematic dynamos, International Symposium on Geophysical and Astrophysical Dynamos, Centro Stefano Franscini, 2013.
Kinematic dynamo action in simple flows and the adjoint problem, British Applied Mathematics Colloquium, Leeds, 2013.
Forced inertial waves in spherical shells, Waves and instabilities in Geophysical and Astrophysical flows, Ecole de Physique des Houches, 2013.
Effect of mesogranulation on convectively-driven dynamos, UKMHD, Sheffield, 2012.
Large-scale dynamos in rotating compressible convection, UKMHD, London, 2011 (slides in the Attachments section).
Dynamos in rotating compressible convection, 13thEUROMECH European Turbulence Conference, Warsaw, Poland, 2011.
Small-scale dynamos in rotating compressible convection, École de Physique des Houches, Dynamics and turbulent transport in plasmas and conducting fluids, France, 2011.
Synthetic turbulence model and DNS for magnetohydrodynamics with rotation - 12thEUROMECH European Turbulence Conference, Marburg, Germany, 2009.
First workshop on Synthetic turbulence models, Sheffield, UK.
Second workshop on Synthetic turbulence models, Villanova, Spain.
Third workshop on Synthetic turbulence models, Newcastle, UK.
Fourth workshop on Synthetic turbulence models, Nancy, France.
Fifth workshop on Synthetic turbulence models, Warsaw, Poland.
Waves and instabilities in Geophysical and Astrophysical flows, Island of Porquerolles, France, 2009
Summer school held in Cargese, France. Small-scale turbulence : Theory, Phenomenology and Applications.
PhD thesis
B. Favier, "Simulation and modeling of homogeneous anisotropic turbulence, effects of rotation and magnetohydrodynamics" (2009)
Advisors: C. Cambon & F.S. Godeferd
Referees: T. Alboussiere & H.K. Moffatt
Jury: J.F. Pinton, J.F. Scott
The manuscript (in French, sorry) can be found here or below in the Attachments section.