Refereed Journals (titles linked to pdf files)
S. Vincent, V. Dolique, N. Plihon
Nonlinear interactions of ion acoustic waves
explored using fast imaging decompositions
Phys. Plasmas 30, 012109 (2023) [14 pages]
doi:10.1063/5.0131745
Featured Article in Physics of Plasmas
Cover of the January 2023 issue of PoP
- M. Hénot, V.J. Langlois, J. Vessaire, N. Plihon, N. Taberlet
Formation of glacier tables caused by differential ice melting: field observation and modelling
The Cryosphere 16, 2617–2628 (2022) [12 pages]
doi:10.5194/tc-16-2617-2022
S. Vincent, V. Dolique, N. Plihon
High-speed imaging of magnetized plasmas: When electron temperature matters
Phys. Plasmas 29, 032306 (2022) [17 pages]
doi:10.1063/5.0083130
Featured in Scilight and as a Featured Article
- R. Chahine, W.J.T. Bos, N. Plihon
The dynamo properties of the reversed field
pinch velocity field
Phys. Plasmas 29, 032306 (2022) [9 pages]
doi:10.1063/5.0078860
- F. Cabrera, M. Z. Sheikh, B. Mehlig, N. Plihon, M. Bourgoin, A. Pumir, A. Naso
Experimental validation of fluid inertia models for a cylinder
settling in a quiescent flow
Phys. Rev. Fluids 7, 024301 (2022) [15 pages]
doi:10.1103/PhysRevFluids.7.024301
- N. Taberlet, N. Plihon
Sublimation-driven morphogenesis of Zen stones on
ice surfaces
P. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 118, e2109107118 (2021) [6 pages]
doi:10.1073/pnas.2109107118
Please see the supplementary video.
And listen to the PNAS Podcast.
M. Hénot, N. Plihon, N. Taberlet
Onset of Glacier Tables
Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 108501 (2021) [6 pages]
doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.108501
Featured in Physics as a PRL Editor's Choice.
N. Plihon, G. Legrand, F. Pagaud, A. Chemin, J. Ferrand, N. Taberlet
The physics of Magnus gliders
Am. J. Phys., 89 843 (2021) [9 pages]
doi:10.1119/10.0004981
Cover of the September 2021 issue of AJP
Please see the supplementary video.
- V.Désangles, G. Bousselin, A. Poyé, N. Plihon
Rotation and shear control of a weakly
magnetized plasma column using current
injection by emissive electrodes
J. Plasma Phys. 87, 905870308 (2021) [16 pages]
doi:10.1017/S0022377821000544
- A. Gayout, M. Bourgoin, N. Plihon
Rare event-triggered transitions in aerodynamic bifurcation
Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 104501 (2021) [4 pages]
doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.104501
- J. Vessaire, N. Plihon, R. Volk, M. Bourgoin
Sedimentation of a suspension of paramagnetic particles in an external magnetic field
Phys. Rev. E 102, 023101 (2020) [8 pages]
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.102.023101
- A. Poyé, O. Agullo, N. Plihon, W. J. T. Bos , V. Désangles, and G. Bousselin
Scaling laws in axisymmetric magnetohydrodynamic duct flows
Phys. Rev. Fluids 5, 043701 (2020) [22 pages]
doi:10.1103/PhysRevFluids.5.043701
- V. Désangles, J.-L. Raimbault, A. Poyé, P. Chabert, N. Plihon
Pattern Formation in Low-Pressure Radio-Frequency
Plasmas due to a Transport Instability
Phys. Rev. Lett. 123, 265001 (2019) [5 pages]
doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.265001
N. Taberlet, J. Ferrand, N. Plihon
Propelled Strings: Rising from Friction
Phys. Rev. Lett. 123, 144501 (2019) [5 pages]
doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.144501
Featured in Physics as a PRL Editor's Choice.
Please see the supplementary video.
- N. Taberlet, J. Ferrand, M. Hibat Allah, B. Isnard, N. Plihon
Acoustic emission from successive impacts on elastic membranes: The physics of the screaming balloon
EPL 126, 64001 (2019) [5 pages]
doi:10.1209/0295-5075/126/64001
Please see the supplementary video.
- N. Taberlet, J. Ferrand, N. Plihon
Stability Analysis of an Array of Magnets: When Will It Jump?
Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 264301 (2018) [4 pages]
doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.264301
Please see the supplementary video.
- N. Taberlet, N. Plihon, L. Auzémery, J. Sautel, G. Panel, T. Gibaud
Synthetic schlieren—application to the visualization and characterization of air convection
Eur. J. Phys., 39 035803 (2018) [11 pages]
doi:10.1088/1361-6404/aaa791
Please see the video abstract, as well as supplementary material.
- A. Chemin, V. Levy Dit Vehel, A. Caussarieu, N. Plihon, N. Taberlet
Heat transfer and evaporative cooling in the function of pot-in-pot coolers
Am. J. Phys., 86 206 (2018) [6 pages]
doi:10.1119/1.5016041
- N. Taberlet, Q. Marsal, J. Ferrand, N. Plihon
Hydraulic logic gates: building a digital water computer
Eur. J. Phys., 39 025801 (2018) [9 pages]
doi:10.1088/1361-6404/aa97fc
- G. Bousselin, M. Tanase, M. Moulin, N. Plihon
Flowrate measurements of conducting uids in pipes using the magnetic distortion probe
Meas. Sci. Technol., 29 025302 (2018) [7 pages]
doi:10.1088/1361-6501/aa96d2
- A. Bourges, A. Chardac, A. Caussarieu, N. Plihon, N. Taberlet
Oscillations in a half-empty bottle
Am. J. Phys., 86 120 (2018) [7 pages]
doi:10.1119/1.5009664
Please see the video abstract.
S. Kreuzahler, Y. Ponty, N. Plihon, H. Homann, R. Grauer
Dynamo enhancement and mode selection triggered by high magnetic permeability
Phys. Rev. Lett., 199 2345901 (2017) [4 pages]
doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.234501
Cover of the 08 December 2017 issue of PRL
N. Taberlet, J. Ferrand, E. Camus, L. Lachaud, N. Plihon
How tall can gelatin towers be? An introduction to elasticity and buckling
Am. J. Phys., 85 908 (2017) [7 pages]
doi:10.1119/1.5009667
Cover of the December 2017 issue of AJP
- J. Sautel, A. Bourges, A. Caussarieu, N. Plihon, N. Taberlet
The physics of a popsicle stick bomb
Am. J. Phys., 85 783 (2017) [8 pages]
doi:10.1119/1.5000797
Please see the video abstract video abstract showing this impressive experiment !
Link to an article in Le Monde
- N. Plihon, J. Ferrand, T. Guyomar, F. Museur, N. Taberlet
Why do aged fluorescent tubes flicker?
Eur. J. Phys., 38 065204 (2017) [13 pages]
doi:10.1088/1361-6404/aa8c0f
- A. Chemin, P. Besserve, A. Caussarieu, N. Taberlet, N. Plihon
Magnetic cannon: The physics of the Gauss rifle
Am. J. Phys., 85 495 (2017) [8 pages]
doi:10.1119/1.4979653
Please see the video abstract showing this impressive experiment !
- J. Cavalier, N. Lemoine, G. Bousselin, N. Plihon, J. Ledig
Strongly emissive plasma-facing material under space-charge limited regime: Application to emissive probes
Phys. Plasmas, 24 013506 (2017) [12 pages]
doi:10.1063/1.4973557
- N. Plihon, S. Miralles, M. Bourgoin, J.-F. Pinton
Stochastic reversal dynamics of two interacting magnetic dipoles: A simple model experiment
Phys. Rev. E, 94 012224 (2016) [12 pages]
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.94.012224
- S. Miralles, N. Plihon, J.-F. Pinton
Lorentz force effects in the Bullard-von Kármán dynamo: saturation, energy balance and subcriticality
J. Fluid Mech., 775 501-523 (2015) [23 pages]
doi:10.1017/jfm.2015.294
- G. Bousselin, N. Plihon, N. Lemoine, J. Cavalier, S. Heuraux
How plasma parameters fluctuations influence emissive probe measurements
Phys. Plasmas, 22 053511 (2015) [8 pages]
doi:10.1063/1.4921643
- N. Plihon et al.
Flow dynamics and magnetic induction in the
von-Kármán plasma experiment
J. Plasma Phys., 81 345810102 (2015) [17 pages]
doi:10.1017/S002237781400083X
- D. Faranda et al.
Robust estimate of dynamo thresholds in the von
Karman sodium experiment using the extreme value theory
New J. Phys., 16 083001 (2014) [14 pages]
doi:10.1088/1367-2630/16/8/083001
- Collaboration VKS
Dynamo efficiency controlled by hydrodynamic bistability
Phys. Rev. E, 89 063023 (2014) [5 pages]
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.89.063023
- P. Mininni et al.
Long-term memory in experiments and numerical simulations of hydrodynamic and magnetohydrodynamic turbulence
Phys. Rev. E, 89 053005 (2014) [9 pages]
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.89.053005
- Collaboration VKS
Dynamo threshold detection in the von Karman sodium experiment
Phy. Rev. E, 88 013002 (2013) [12 pages]
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.88.013002
- K. Rahbarnia et al.
Direct observation of the turbulent emf and transport of magnetic field in a liquid sodium experiment
ApJ, 759 80 (2012) [6 pages]
doi:10.1088/0004-637X/759/2/80
- Collaboration VKS
Experimental observation of spatially localized dynamo magnetic fields.
Phys. Rev. Lett., 108 144501 (2012) [5 pages]
doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.144501
- G. Verhille, R. Halilov, N. Plihon, P. Frick and J.-F. Pinton
Transition from hydrodynamic turbulence to
magnetohydrodynamic turbulence in von Kármán flows
J. Fluid Mech., 693, 243-260 (2012) [19 pages].
doi:10.1017/jfm.2011.522
- Collaboration VKS
Symmetry and couplings in stationary Von Karman sodium dynamos
New J. Phys., 14, 013044 (2012) [18 pages].
doi:10.1088/1367-2630/14/1/013044
- S. Miralles, G. Verhille, N. Plihon and J.-F. Pinton
The magnetic-distortion probe: Velocimetry in conducting fluids
Rev. Sci. Instrum., 82, 095112 (2011) [10 pages].
doi: 10.1063/1.3630949
- N. Plihon and P. Chabert
Ion acoustic waves and double-layers in electronegative expanding plasmas
Phys. Plasmas, 18, 082102 (2011) [8 pages].
doi: 10.1063/1.3620405
- Collaboration VKS
Dynamo regimes and transitions in the VKS experiment
Eur. Phys. J. B, 77, 459–468 (2010) [10 pages].
doi: 10.1140/epjb/e2010-00272-5
- G. Verhille, N. Plihon, M. Bourgoin, P. Odier, J.-F. Pinton
Laboratory Dynamo Experiments
Space Sci. Rev., 153, 543-564 (2010) [21 pages].doi: 10.1007/s11214-009-9546-1
- G. Verhille, N. Plihon, M. Bourgoin, P. Odier and J.-F. Pinton
Induction in a von Karman flow driven by
ferromagnetic impellers
New J. Phys., 12, 033006 (2010) [13 pages].doi: 10.1088/1367-2630/12/3/033006
- G. Verhille, N. Plihon, G. Fanjat, R. Volk, M. Bourgoin, and J.-F.Pinton.
Large scale fluctuations and dynamics of the Bullard - von Karman dynamo
GAFD, 104 , 189-205 (2010) [16 pages].doi: 10.1080/03091920903301938
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S. Denisov, V. Dolgikh, I. Kolesnichenko, R. Khalilov, S. Khripchenko, G. Verhille, N. Plihon and J.-F. Pinton
Flow of liquid metal in a cylindrical crystallizer generating two-directional MHD-stirring
MHD, 46, 69-78 (2010)
- Collaboration VKS
Bistability between a stationary and an
oscillatory dynamo in a turbulent flow
of liquid sodium
J. Fluid Mech., 641, 217 (2009).
doi:10.1017/S0022112009991996
- V. Noskov, R. Stepanov, S. Denisov, P. Frick, G. Verhille, N. Plihon and J.-F. Pinton
Dynamics of a turbulent spin-down flow inside a torus
Phys. Fluids, 21, 045108 (2009).
doi: 10.1063/1.3123529
- Collaboration VKS
The VKS experiment: turbulent dynamical dynamos
Phys. Fluids, 21 , 035108 (2009).
doi: 10.1063/1.3085724
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L. Sorriso-Valvo, V. Carbone, M. Bourgoin, P. Odier, N. Plihon, and R. Volk.
Statistical analysis of magnetic field reversals in laboratory dynamo and in paleomagnetic measurements.
Int. J. Mod. Phys. B, 23, 54835491 (2009).
- Collaboration VKS
Chaotic dynamos generated by a turbulent flow of liquid sodium
Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 074502 (2008)
10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.074502
- Collaboration VKS
The VKS experiment: turbulent dynamical dynamos
Comptes Rendus de Physique, 9, 689-701 (2008). doi :
10.1016/j.crhy.2008.07.002
- A. Meige, N. Plihon, G. J. M. Hagelaar and J.-P. Boeuf, P. Chabert et
R. W. Boswell
Propagating double layers in
electronegative plasmas.
Phys. Plasmas, 14, 053508 (2007) [11 pages]. doi :
10.1063/1.2736946
- N. Plihon, P. Chabert. et C. S. Corr.
Experimental investigation of
double layers in expanding plasmas.
Phys. Plasmas, 14, 013506 (2007) [16 pages]. doi : 10.1063/1.2424429
- M. Bourgoin, R. Volk, N. Plihon, P Augier, P. Odier et J.-F. Pinton.
An experimental Bullard - von
Karman dynamo.
New. J. Phys., 8, 329 (2006) [14 pages]. doi :
10.1088/1367-2630/8/12/329
- P. Chabert., N. Plihon, C. S. Corr, J.L. Raimbault et A.J
Lichtenberg.
Equilibrium model for two
low-pressure electronegative plasmas connected by a double layer.
Phys. Plasmas, 13, 093504 (2006) [9 pages] doi : 10.1063/1.2345353
- C. S. Corr, N. Plihon et P. Chabert.
Transition from unstable
electrostatic confinement to stable magnetic confinement in a helicon
reactor operating with Ar/SF6 gas mixtures.
J. Appl. Phys. , 99, 103302 (2006) [6 pages] doi: 10.1063/1.2191431
- O. Sutherland, C Charles, N. Plihon et R.W. Boswell.
Experimental
Evidence of a Double Layer in a Large Volume Helicon Reactor.
Phys. Rev. Lett., 95, 205002 (2005) [4 pages] doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.205002
- N. Plihon, C. S. Corr, P. Chabert et J.L. Raimbault.
Periodic formation and
propagation of double layers in the expanding chamber of an inductive
discharge operating in Ar/SF6 mixtures.
J. Appl. Phys., 98, 023306 (2005) [7 pages] doi: 10.1063/1.1947387
- N. Plihon, C. S. Corr et P. Chabert.
Double layer formation in the
expanding region of an inductively coupled electronegative plasma.
Appl. Phys. Lett.,86, 091501 (2005) [3 pages] doi : 10.1063/1.1869533
- C. S. Corr, N. Plihon, P. Chabert, O. Sutherland et R. W. Boswell.
Spatially limited ion acoustic wave
activity in low-pressure helicon discharges.
Phys. Plasmas, 11 pp. 4596-4602 (2004) [7 pages] doi : 10.1063/1.1785790
Other Publications
- N. Plihon, P. Chabert et J.L. Raimbault.
Helicon Double Layer Thruster for High
Power Near Earth Planets Missions.
ESA-Ariadna report
Available online at ESA
- N Plihon
Stabilité et structure électrique d'une décharge inductive en gaz
électronégatif
PhD Thesis - Ecole Polytechnique - May, 9th, 2006
Available online at the CNRS PhD server (http://tel.ccsd.cnrs.fr/)