Publication List

Updated November 2024.

  1. G. M. Vasil, K. J. Burns, D. Lecoanet, J. S. Oishi, B. P. Brown, K. Julien, "Rapidly Rotating Wall-Mode Convection" submitted to JFM. (arxiv)
  2. A. Frishman, D. Lecoanet, "Universality of satellites in the breakup of a stretched fluid bridge" under review at JFM. (arxiv)
  3. G. M. Vasil, D. Lecoanet, K. Augustson, K. J. Burns, J. S. Oishi, B. P. Brown, N. Brummell, K. Julien, "The solar dynamo begins near the surface" Nature 629 769-772 (2024). (arxiv, ads)
  4. C. D. Duguid, N. B. de Vries, D. Lecoanet, A. J. Barker, "An efficient tidal dissipation mechanism via stellar magnetic fields" ApJL 966 L14 (2024). (arxiv, ads)
  5. L. O'Connor, D. Lecoanet, E. H. Anders, K. Augustson, K. J. Burns, G. M. Vasil, J. S. Oishi, B. P. Brown, "Iterative Methods for Navier-Stokes Inverse Problems" PRE 109 045108 (2024). (arxiv, ads)
  6. H. Morrison, N. Jeevanjee, D. Lecoanet, J. M. Peters, "What controls the entrainment rate of dry buoyant thermals with varying initial aspect ratio?" JAS 80 2711-2728 (2023). (doi)
  7. D. Lecoanet, P. V. F. Edelmann, "Multidimensional Simulations of Core Convection." Galaxies 11 89 (2023). (arxiv, ads)
  8. E. H. Ander, D. Lecoanet, M. Cantiello, K. J. Burns, B. A. Hyatt, E. Kaufman, R. H. D. Townsend, B. P. Brown, G. M. Vasil, J. S. Oishi, A. S. Jermyn, "The photometric variability of massive stars due to gravity waves excited by core convection." Nature Astronomy 7 1228-1234 (2023). (arxiv, ads)
  9. S. Ji, J. Fuller, D. Lecoanet, "Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations of the Tayler Instability in Rotating Stellar Interiors" ApJ 512 5372-5383 (2023). (arxiv, ads)
  10. E. Kaufman, D. Lecoanet, E. H. Anders, B. P. Brown, G. M. Vasil, J. S. Oishi, K. J. Burns, "The Stability of Prendergast Magnetic Fields" MNRAS 517 3332-3340 (2022). (arxiv, ads)
  11. A. S. Jermyn, E. H. Anders, D. Lecoanet, M. Cantiello, "An Atlas of Convection in Main-sequence Stars" ApJS 262 19 (2022). (arxiv, ads)
  12. M. Joyce, J. Tayar, D. Lecoanet, "Gender Disparity in Publishing Six Months after the KITP Workshop Probes of Transport in Stars" PASP 134 084503 (2022). (arxiv, ads)
  13. A. S. Jermyn, E. H. Anders, D. Lecoanet, M. Cantiello, "Convective Penetration in Early-Type Stars" ApJ 929 182 (2022). (arxiv, ads)
  14. E. H. Anders, A. S. Jermyn, D. Lecoanet, A. E. Fraser, I. G. Creswell, M. Joyce, J. R. Fuentes, "Schwarzschild and Ledoux are equivalent on evolutionary timescales" ApJL 928 L10 (2022). (arxiv, ads)
  15. D. Lecoanet, D. M. Bowman, T. Van Reeth, "Asteroseismic inference of the near-core magnetic field strength in the main-sequence B star HD 43317" MNRASL 512 169 (2022). (arxiv, ads)
  16. E. Anders, A. S. Jermyn, D. Lecoanet, B. P. Brown, "Stellar convective penetration: parameterized theory and dynamical simulations" ApJ 926 169 (2022). (arxiv, ads)
  17. M. Bouffard, B. Favier, D. Lecoanet, M. Le Bars, "Internal gravity waves in a stratified layer atop a convecting liquid core in a non-rotating spherical shell" GJI 228 337 (2022). (ads)
  18. D. Lecoanet, M. Cantiello, E. H. Anders, E. Quataert, L.-A. Couston, M. Bouffard, B. Favier, M. Le Bars, "Surface Manifestation of Stochastically Excited Internal Gravity Waves" MNRAS 508 132 (2021). (arxiv, ads)
  19. L. O'Connor, D. Lecoanet, E. H. Anders, "Marginally-Stable Thermal Equilibria of Rayleigh-Bénard Convection" PRF 6 093501 (2021). (arxiv, ads)
  20. M. Cantiello, D. Lecoanet, A. S. Jermyn, L. Grassitelli, "On the Origin of Stochastic, Low-Frequency Photometric Variability in Massive Stars" ApJ 915 112 (2021). (arxiv, ads)
  21. J. S. Oishi, K. J. Burns, S. E. Clark, E. H. Anders, B. P. Brown, G. M. Vasil, D. Lecoanet, "eigentools: A Python package for studying differential eigenvalue problems with an emphasis on robustness" JOSS 6 3079 (2021). (doi, ads)
  22. P. Léard, D. Lecoanet, M. Le Bars, "Multimodal Excitation to Model the Quasibiennial Oscillation" PRL 125 234501 (2020). (arxiv, ads)
  23. B. P. Brown, J. S. Oishi, G. M. Vasil, D. Lecoanet, K. J. Burns, "Single-hemisphere Dynamos in M-dwarf Stars" ApJL 902 L3 (2020). (arxiv, ads)
  24. L.-A. Couston, D. Lecoanet, B. Favier, M. Le Bars, "Shape and size of large-scale vortices : a universal fluid pattern in geophysical fluid dynamics" PRR 2 023143 (2020). (arxiv, ads)
  25. Y. Su, D. Lecoanet, D. Lai, "Physics of tidal dissipation in early-type stars and white dwarfs: hydrodynamical simulations of internal gravity wave breaking in stellar envelopes" MNRAS 495 1239 (2020). (arxiv, ads)
  26. K. J. Burns, G. M. Vasil, J. S. Oishi, D. Lecoanet, B. P. Brown, "Dedalus: A Flexible Framework for Numerical Simulations with Spectral Methods" PRR 2 023068 (2020). (arxiv, ads)
  27. M. Le Bars, L.-A. Couston, B. Favier, P. Léard, D. Lecoanet, P. Le Gal, "Fluid dynamics of a mixed convective/stably stratified system—A review of some recent works." Compte Rendus. Physique 21 151-164 (2020). (doi)
  28. B. McKim, N. Jeevanjee, D. Lecoanet, "Buoyancy-Driven Entrainment in Dry Thermals" QJRMS 146 415 (2020). (arxiv, ads)
  29. J. S. Oishi, G. M. Vasil, M. Baxter, A. Swan, K. J. Burns, D. Lecoanet, B. P. Brown, "The magnetorotational instability prefers three dimensions." PRSA 476 20190622 (2020). (arxiv, ads)
  30. D. Lecoanet, M. Cantiello, E. Quataert, L.-A. Couston, K. J. Burns, B. J. S. Pope, A. S. Jermyn, B. Favier, M. Le Bars, "Low-frequency variability in massive stars: Core generation or surface phenomenon?" ApJL 886 L15 (2019). (arxiv, ads)
  31. D. Lecoanet, N. Jeevanjee, "Entrainment in Resolved, Dry Thermals" JAS 76 3765 (2019). (arxiv, ads)
  32. E. H. Anders, D. Lecoanet, B. P. Brown, "Entropy Rain: Dilution and Compression of Thermals in Stratified Domains" ApJ 884 65 (2019). (arxiv, ads)
  33. G. M. Vasil, D. Lecoanet, K. J. Burns, J. S. Oishi, B. P. Brown, "Tensor calculus in spherical coordinates using Jacobi polynomials. Part-I: Mathematical analysis and derivations" JCP:X 3 100013 (2019). (arxiv, ads)
  34. D. Lecoanet, G. M. Vasil, K. J. Burns, B. P. Brown, J. S. Oishi, "Tensor calculus in spherical coordinates using Jacobi polynomials, Part-II: Implementation and Examples" JCP:X 3 100012 (2019). (arxiv, ads)
  35. E. Quataert, D. Lecoanet, E. R. Coughlin, "Black hole accretion discs and luminous transients in failed supernovae from non-rotating supergiants" MNRASL 485 L83-L88 (2019). (arxiv, ads)
  36. L.-A. Couston, D. Lecoanet, B. Favier, M. Le Bars, "The energy flux spectrum of internal gravity waves generated by turbulent convection" JFM Rapids 854 R3 (2018). (arxiv, ads)
  37. L.-A. Couston, D. Lecoanet, B. Favier, M. Le Bars, "Order Out of Chaos: Slowly Reversing Mean Flows Emerge from Turbulently Generated Internal Waves" PRL 120 244505 (2018). (arxiv, ads)
  38. N. Tarshish, N. Jeevanjee, D. Lecoanet, "Buoyant Motion of a Turbulent Thermal" JAS 75 3233-3244 (2018). (arxiv, ads)
  39. O. Mickelin, J. Słomka, K. J. Burns, D. Lecoanet, G. M. Vasil, L. M. Faria, J. Dunkel, "Anomalous chained turbulence in actively driven flows on spheres" PRL 120 164503 (2018). (arxiv, ads)
  40. D. Lecoanet, R. Kerswell, "Connection between Nonlinear Energy Optimization and Instantons" PRE 97 012212 (2018). (arxiv, ads)
  41. L.-A. Couston, D. Lecoanet, B. Favier, M. Le Bars, "Dynamics of Mixed Convective—Stably-Stratified Fluids" PRF 2 094804 (2017). (arxiv, ads)
  42. D. Lecoanet, G. M. Vasil, J. Fuller, M. Cantiello, K. J. Burns, "Conversion of Internal Gravity Waves into Magnetic Waves" MNRAS 466 2181-2193 (2017). (arxiv, ads)
  43. D. Lecoanet, J. Schwab, E. Quataert, L. Bildsten, F. X. Timmes, K. J. Burns, G. M. Vasil, J. S. Oishi, B. P. Brown, "Turbulent Chemical Diffusion in Convectively Bounded Carbon Flames" ApJ 832 71 (2016). (arxiv, ads)
  44. D. Lecoanet, M. McCourt, E. Quataert, K. J. Burns, G. M. Vasil, J. S. Oishi, B. P. Brown, J. Stone, R. M. O'Leary, "A Validated Nonlinear Kelvin-Helmholtz Benchmark for Numerical Hydrodynamics" MNRAS 455 4274-4288 (2016). (arxiv, ads)
  45. G. M. Vasil, K. J. Burns, D. Lecoanet, S. Olver, B. P. Brown, J. S. Oishi, "Tensor calculus in polar coordinates using Jacobi polynomials" JCP 325 53-73 (2016). (arxiv, ads)
  46. J. Fuller, M. Cantiello, D. Lecoanet, E. Quataert, "The spin rate of pre-collapse stellar cores: wave driven angular momentum transport in massive stars" ApJ 810 101 (2015). (arxiv, ads)
  47. M. Le Bars, D. Lecoanet, J. M. Aurnou, S. Perrard, A. Ribeiro, L. Rodet, P. Le Gal, "Experimental study of internal wave generation by convection in water" Fluid Dyn Res 47 045502 (2015). (arxiv, ads)
  48. D. Lecoanet, M. Le Bars, K. J. Burns, E. Quataert, G. M. Vasil, B. P. Brown, J. S. Oishi, "Numerical Simulations of Internal Wave Generation by Convection in Water" PRE 91 063016 (2015). (arxiv, ads)
  49. P. Marcus, S. Pei, C.-H. Jiang, J. Barranco, P. Hassanzadeh, D. Lecoanet, "Zombie Vortex Instability I: The “Dead” Zones of Protoplanetary Disks are Not Dead" ApJ 808 87 (2015). (arxiv, ads)
  50. D. Lecoanet, B. P. Brown, E. G. Zweibel, K. J. Burns, J. S. Oishi, G. M. Vasil, "Conduction in Low Mach Number Flows: Part I Linear & Weakly Nonlinear Regimes" ApJ 797 94-105 (2014). (arxiv, ads)
  51. J. Fuller, D. Lecoanet, M. Cantiello, B. Brown, "Angular Momentum Transport via Internal Gravity Waves in Evolving Stars" ApJ 796 17-28 (2014). (arxiv, ads)
  52. G. M. Vasil, D. Lecoanet, B. P. Brown, E. G. Zweibel, "Energy Conservation and Gravity Waves in Sound-proof Treatments of Stellar Interiors: Part II Lagrangian Constrained Analysis" ApJ 773 169-191 (2013). (arxiv, ads)
  53. D. Lecoanet, E. Quataert, "Internal Gravity Wave Excitation by Turbulent Convection" MNRAS 430 2363-2376 (2013). (arxiv, ads)
  54. D. Lecoanet, I. J. Parrish, E. Quataert, "The Dynamics of Rayleigh-Taylor Stable and Unstable Contact Discontinuities with Anisotropic Thermal Conduction" MNRAS 423 1866-1882 (2012). (arxiv, ads)
  55. D. Lecoanet, E. G. Zweibel, R. H. D. Townsend, Y.-M. Huang, "Violation of Richardson’s Criterion via Introduction of a Magnetic Field" ApJ 712 1116-1128 (2010). (arxiv, ads)
  56. D. Lecoanet, F. C. Adams, A. M. Bloch, "Mean Motion Resonances in Extrasolar Planetary Systems with Turbulence, Interactions, and Damping" ApJ 692 659-676 (2009). (arxiv, ads)
  57. A. Mitra, J. P. Wojcik, D. Lecoanet, T. Muller, R. West, "A Bis(silaselenone) with Two Donor-Stabilized Si=Se Bonds from an Unexpected Stereoconvergent Hydrolysis of a Diselenadisiletane" Angewandte Chemie 48 4069-4072 (2009). (doi)