Publications

2025

• Mishra, A.; Mamatsashvili, G.; Stefani, F.
  Strong and Weak Dynamo Regimes in Taylor-Couette Flows
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 135 (2025) 124001
• Stefani, F.; Horstmann, G. M.; Mamatsashvili, G.; Weier, T.
  Adding further pieces to the synchronization puzzle: QBO, bimodality, and phase jumps
  Solar Physics 300(2025), 100
• Xu, Y.; Abbate, J.; David, C.; Vogt, T.; Aurnou, J.
  Thermovelocimetric characterization of liquid metal convection in a rotating slender cylinder
  International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 252(2025), 127325
• Stefani, F.; Horstmann, G. M.; Mamatsashvili, G.; Weier, T.
  Cosmic magnetic fields in theory and experiment: The role of harmonic forcings
  Magnetohydrodynamics 61(2025)1-2, 33-41
• Giesecke, A.; Wilbert, M.; Simkanin, J.; Grauer, R.; Stefani, F.
  The role of magnetic boundaries in kinematic and self-consistent magnetohydrodynamic simulations of precession-driven dynamo action in a closed cylinder.
  Physics of Fluids 37(2025), 086607
• Grants, I.; Pal, J.; Tsiapkinis, I.; Eckert, S.; Gerbeth, G.; Räbiger, D.; Dadzis, K.
  Flow instability caused by temperature boundary conditions in a model of Czochralski crystal growth
  Physics of Fluids 37(2025), 024106 (2025)
• Horstmann, G. M.; Kuhn, J.; Dohnal, F.
  Suppression of magnetohydrodynamic interfacial wave instabilities by means of parametric anti-resonance
  Nonlinear Dynamics 113(2025)12, 14449-14469
• Hegde, P.; Gundrum, T.; Horstmann, G. M.
  A model experiment to study the metal pad roll instability under ambient conditions
  Experiments in Fluids 66(2025), 76
• Schindler, F.; Kim, N.; Vogt, T.; Eckert, S.
  Impact of fluid flow on the thermal boundary layer dynamics in turbulent liquid metal Rayleigh-Bénard Convection
  International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 247(2025), 127129
• Nezihovski, Y.; Barmak, I.; Gelfgat, A.; Horstmann, G. M.; Ullmann, A.; Brauner, N.
  Experimental and numerical study of primary instability of a two-phase stratified flow in a circular pipe
  International Journal of Multiphase Flow 185(2025), 105130
• Najafian Ashrafi, B.; Barna, M.; Timmel, K.; Wondrak, T.; Gruber, C.; Eckert, S.
  Experimental Study on the Impact of Traveling Electromagnetic Fields on the Mold Flow in a Slab Caster
  Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B 56(2025), 2453-2476

2024

• Sieger, M.; Gudat, K.; Mitra, R.; Sonntag, S.; Stefani, F.; Eckert, S.; Wondrak, T.
  Two-field excitation for contactless inductive flow tomography
  Sensors 24(2024), 4458
• Mitra, R.; Sieger, M.; Galindo, V.; Vogt, T.; Stefani, F.; Eckert, S.; Wondrak, T.
  Design of a contactless inductive flow tomography system for a large Rayleigh-Bénard convection cell with aspect ratio Γ = 0.5
  Flow Measurement and Instrumentation 100(2024), 102709
• Held, L.; Mamatsashvili, G.; Pessah, M. E.
  MRI turbulence in vertically stratified accretion discs at large magnetic Prandtl numbers
  Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 530(2024)2, 2232-2250
• Mishra, A.; Mamatsashvili, G.; Seilmayer, M.; Stefani, F.
  One-winged butterflies: mode selection for azimuthal magnetorotational instability by thermal convection
  Journal of Fluid Mechanics 992(2024), R1
• Schmidtpeter, J.; Das, P. T.; Zabila, Y.; Schubert, C.; Gundrum, T.; Wondrak, T.; Makarov, D.
  Exchange-Biased Multiring Planar Hall Magnetoresistive Sensors With Nanotesla Resolution in Nonshielded Environments
  IEEE Magnetics Letters 15(2024), 4100205
• Musso, M.; Bodo, G.; Mamatsashvili, G.; Rossi, P.; Mignone, A.
  Evolution of current- and pressure-driven instabilities in relativistic jets
  Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 532(2024), 4810-4825
• Kim, N.; Schindler, F.; Vogt, T.; Eckert, S.
  Thermal boundary layer dynamics in low-Prandtl-number Rayleigh–Bénard convection
  Journal of Fluid Mechanics 994(2024), A4
• Stefani, F.; Anders, S.; Eckert, S.; Freyer, N.; Gerbeth, G.; Giesecke, A.; Gundrum, Th.; Kaever, K.; Kumar, V.; Pizzi, F.; Räbiger, D.; Šimkanin, J.; Steglich, C.; Vogt, T.; Wagner, N.; Wedel, G.
  The DRESDYN precession experiment
  Comptes Rendus. Physique 25(2024)3, 1-19
• Stefani, F.
  Liquid-metal experiments on geophysical and astrophysical phenomena
  Nature Reviews Physics 6 (2024), 409-425
• Mitra, R.; Stefani, F.; Galindo, V.; Eckert, S.; Sieger, M.; Vogt, T.; Wondrak, T.
  Helicity oscillations in Rayleigh–Bénard convection of liquid metal in a cell with aspect ratio of 0.5
  Physics of Fluids 36(2024)6, 066611
• Kumar, V.; Pizzi, F.; Mamatsashvili, G.; Giesecke, A.; Stefani, F.; Barker, A. J.
  Dynamo action driven by precessional turbulence
  Physical Review E 109(2024)6, 065101
• Mishra, A.; Mamatsashvili, G.; Stefani, F.
  Nonaxisymmetric modes of magnetorotational and possible hydrodynamical instabilities in the upcoming DRESDYN-MRI experiments: Linear and nonlinear dynamics
  Physical Review Fluids 9 (2024), 033904
• Giesecke, A.; Vogt, T.; Pizzi, F.; Kumar, V.; García González, F.; Gundrum, T.; Stefani F.
  The global flow state in a precessing cylinder
  Journal of Fluid Mechanics 998 (2024), A30

• Kumar, V.; Pizzi, F.; Giesecke, A.; Šimkanin, J., Gundrum, Th.; Ratajczak, M.; Stefani, F.
  The effect of nutation angle on the flow inside a precessing cylinder and its dynamo action
  Physics of Fluids 35 (2023), 014114
• Mishra, A.; Mamatsashvili, G.; Stefani, F.
  Nonlinear evolution of magnetorotational instability in a magnetized Taylor-Couette flow: Scaling properties and relation to upcoming DRESDYN-MRI experiment
  Physical Review Fluids 8 (2023), 083902
• Mishra, A.; Mamatsashvili, G.; Stefani, F.
  From helical to standard magnetorotational instability: Predictions for upcoming liquid sodium experiments
  Physical Review Fluids 7 (2022), 064802
• Pizzi, F.; Giesecke, A.; Simkanin, J.; Stefani, F.
  Prograde and retrograde precession of a fluid-filled cylinder
  New Journal of Physics 23 (2021), 123016
• Stefani, F.; Gailitis, A.; Gerbeth, G.; Giesecke, A.; Gundrum, T.; Rüdiger, G.; Seilmayer, M.; Vogt, T.
  The DRESDYN project: liquid metal experiments on dynamo action and magnetorotational instability
  Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics 113 (2019), 51-70
• Giesecke, A.; Vogt, T.; Gundrum, T.; Stefani, F.
  Kinematic dynamo action of a precession driven flow based on the results of water experiments and hydrodynamic simulations
  Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics 113 (2019), 235-255 Online First (2018)
• Giesecke, A., Vogt, T., Gundrum, Th., Stefani, F.
  Nonlinear Large Scale Flow in a Precessing Cylinder and Its Ability To Drive Dynamo Action
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 120 (2018), 024502
• Stefani, F., Galindo, V., Kasprzyk, C., Landgraf, S., Seilmayer, M., Starace, M., Weber, N., Weier, T.
  Magnetohydrodynamic effects in liquid metal batteries
  IOP Conf. Ser.: Mater. Sci. Eng. 143 (2016), 012024.
• Stefani, F., Albrecht, T., Gerbeth, G., Giesecke, A., Gundrum, T., Herault, J., Nore, C., Steglich, C.
  Towards a precession driven dynamo experiment
  Magnetohydrodynamics 51 (2015), 275-284
  arXiv:1410.8373
• Giesecke, A., Albrecht, T., Gundrum, T., Herault, J., Stefani, F.
  Triadic resonances in non-linear simulations of a fluid flow in a precessing cylinder
  New J. Phys. 17 (2015), 113044
• Herault, J., Gundrum, T., Giesecke, A., Stefani, F.
  Subcritical transition to turbulence of a precessing flow in a cylindrical vessel
  Phys. Fluids 27 (2015), 124102
• Stefani, F., Eckert, S., Gerbeth, G., Giesecke, A., Gundrum, Th., Steglich, C., Weier, T., Wustmann, B.
  DRESDYN - A new facility for MHD experiments with liquid sodium
  Magnetohydrodynamics 48 (2012), 103-113
  arXiv:1201.5737