2023

Mixing properties of bi-disperse ellipsoid assemblies: mean-field behaviour in a granular matter experiment
F. M. Schaller, H. Punzmann, G. E. Schröder-Turk, M. Saadatfar
Soft Matter 19, 951-958 (2023) (journal link)
doi: 10.1039/d2sm00922f

2022

Field theory spin and momentum in water waves
K. Y. Bliokh, H. Punzmann, H. Xia, F. Nori and M. Shats
Science Advances 5, eabm1295 (2022) (journal link) (PDF)
doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abm1295

Fluctuation-Induced Interaction in Turbulent Flows
M. Davoodianidalik, H. Punzmann, H. Kellay, H. Xia, M. Shats, and N. Francois
Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 024503 (2022) (journal link, Editors' Suggestion) (PDF)
doi: 10.1039/D2SM00922F

2021

Rolling spinners on the water surface
JB Gorce, K.Y. Bliokh, H. Xia, N. Francois, H. Punzmann and M. Shats
Science Advances 7, eabd4632 (2021) (journal link), (arXiv) or Publication Summary
This publication has also been showcased in PHYS.ORG, Physics.ANU, MIRAGE, ANU.news, SciMex, ...
doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abd4632

2020

K. Y. Bliokh, H. Punzmann, H. Xia, F. Nori and M. Shats
Relativistic field-theory spin and momentum in water waves,
arXiv:2009.03245v3

N. Francois, H. Xia, H. Punzmann and M. Shats
Nonequilibrium thermodynamics of turbulence-driven rotors,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 254501 (2020) (journal link) (PDF)
doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.254501

Sung-Ha Hong, Jean-Baptiste Gorce, Horst Punzmann, Nicolas Francois, Michael Shats and Hua Xia
Surface waves control bacterial attachment and formation of biofilms in thin layers,
Science Advances 6, no. 22, eaaz9386 (2020) (journal link)
This publication has also been showcased in PHYS.ORG, COSMOS, Physics.ANU, CoS.ANU, Microscopy.Australia, X-MOL, SciMec, ...
doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aaz9386

2019

JB. Gorce, H. Xia, N. Francois, H. Punzmann, G. Falkovich and M. Shats
Confinement of surface spinners in liquid metamaterials,
Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the USA 17, 2019 116 (51) 25424-25429 (link)
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1912905116

J. Yang, M. Davoodianidalik, H. Xia, H. Punzmann, M. Shats and N. Francois
Passive propulsion in turbulent fows,
Physical Review Fluids 4, 104608 (2019) (link) (PDF)
doi: 10.1103/PhysRevFluids.4.104608

J. Yang, N. Francois, H. Punzmann, M. Shats and H. Xia
Diffusion of ellipsoids in laboratory two-dimensional turbulent flow,
Physics of Fluids 31, 085116 (2019) (link) (PDF)
doi: 10.1063/1.5113734

H. Xia, N. Francois, JB. Gorce, H. Punzmann and M. Shats
Generation of vortex lattices at the liquid–gas interface using rotating surface waves,
Fluids 4 (2), 74 (2019) (link) (PDF)
doi: 10.3390/fluids4020074

H. Xia, N. Francois, H. Punzmann and M. Shats
Tunable diffusion in wave-driven two-dimensional turbulence,
Journal of Fluid Mechanics 865, 811-830 (2019) (link) (PDF)
doi: 10.1017/jfm.2019.82

H. Xia, N. Francois, B. Faber, H. Punzmann, and M. Shats
Local anisotropy of laboratory two-dimensional turbulence affects pair dispersion,
Physics of Fluids 31, 025111 (2019) (link) (PDF)
The publication is showcased as one of the Journals Editor's Pick for this edition.
doi: 10.1063/1.5082851

2018

N. Francois, H. Xia, H. Punzmann, and M. Shats
Rectification of chaotic fluid motion in two-dimensional turbulence,
Phys. Rev. Fluids 3, 124602 (2018) (link) (PDF)
doi: 10.1103/PhysRevFluids.3.124602
The publication is showcased in the Advances in Engineering news 04/2019 edition. (PDF)

H. Xia, N. Francois, H. Punzmann, K. Szewc, and M. Shats
Extreme concentration fluctuations due to local reversibility of mixing in turbulent flows,
Mod. Phys. Lett. B 32, 1840028 (2018) (link) (PDF)
doi: 10.1142/S0217984918400286

2017

G. Falkovich, G. Boffetta, M. Shats, and A. S. Lanotte
Introduction to Focus Issue: Two-Dimensional Turbulence,
Physics of Fluids 29, 110901 (2017) (link) (PDF)

H. Xia and N. Francois
Two-dimensional turbulence in three-dimensional flows,
Physics of Fluids 29, 111107 (2017) (link) (PDF)

Encyclopedia article
Shats M. and Xia H.
Turbulence,
in: Encyclopedia of Marine and Offshore Engineering,
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (2017).
doi: 10.1002/9781118476406.emoe074
Print edition ISBN: 978-1-118-47635-2 (link) (PDF)

N. Francois, H. Xia, H. Punzmann, P.W. Fontana and M. Shats
Wave-based liquid-interface metamaterials,
Nature Communications 8, 14325 (2017) (or free online link) (PDF)

2016

M. Shats, H. Punzmann, N. Francois, H. Xia
Wave-generated flows on the water surface,
Int. J. Mod. Phys.: Conf Series 42, 1660179 (2016) (link) (PDF)

H. Xia, H. Punzmann, N. Francois, D. Byrne, and M. Shats
Simultaneous observation of energy and enstrophy cascades in thin-layer turbulence,
Int. J. Mod. Phys.: Conf Series 42, 1660185 (2016) (link) (PDF)

Book chapter
Shats M., Xia H. and Punzmann H.
Extreme Capillary Wave Events Under Parametric Excitation,
in Extreme Events: Observations, Modeling, and Economics,
M. Chaavez, M. Ghil and J. Urrutia-Fucugauchi, Eds., pp. 153-162,
American Geophysical Union and John Wiley and Sons,
ISBN 978-1-110-15701-4 (2015) (link)

2015

N. Francois, H. Xia, H. Punzmann, B. Faber and M. Shats
Braid Entropy of Two-Dimensional Turbulence,
Scientific Reports 5, 18564 (2015) (link, Free online) (PDF)

N. Francois, H. Xia, H. Punzmann and M. Shats
Wave-particle interaction in the Faraday waves,
The European Physical Journal E 38, 106 (2015).
doi: 10.1140/epje/i2015-15106-4 (link) (PDF)

N. Francois, H. Xia, H. Punzmann, T. Combriat and M. Shats
Inhibition of wave-driven two-dimensional turbulence by viscoelastic films of proteins,
Physical Review E 92, 023027 (2015).
doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.92.023027 (link) (PDF)

2014

Punzmann H., Francois N., Xia H., Falkovich G. and Shats M.
Generation and reversal of surface flows by propagating waves,
Nature Physics 10, 658-663 (2014).
doi:10.1038/nphys3041 (link) (PDF) (+ additional supplementary information (PDF))

Xu H., Pumir A., Falkovich G., Bodenschatz E., Shats M., Xia H., Francois N., and Boffetta G.
Flight-crash events in turbulence,
Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the USA 111, 7558-7563 (2014).
doi:10.1073/pnas.1321682111 (link) (PDF)

Francois N., Xia H., Punzmann H., Ramsden S., and Shats M.
Three-dimensional fluid motion in Faraday waves: Creation of vorticity and generation of two-dimensional turbulence,
Physical Review X 4, 021021 (2014) (link, free online) (PDF)

Xia H., Francois N., Punzmann H., and Shats M.
Taylor particle dispersion during transition to fully developed two-dimensional turbulence,
Physical Review Letters 112, 104501 (2014) (PDF)

Xia H.
Lagrangian correlation and spectra in 2D turbulence,
Int. J. Mod. Phys.: Conf. Series 34, 1460378 (2014) (PDF)

Shats M., Francois N., Xia H., Punzmann H.
Turbulence driven by Faraday surface waves,
Int. J. Mod. Phys.: Conf. Series 34, 1460379 (2014) (PDF)

2013

Xia H., Francois N., Punzmann H., and Shats M.
Lagrangian scale of particle dispersion in turbulence,
Nature Communications 4:2013 doi: 10.1038/ncomms3013 (2013). (PDF)

Francois N., Xia H., Punzmann H., and Shats M.
Inverse energy cascade and emergence of large coherent vortices in turbulence driven by Faraday waves,
Physical Review Letters 110, 194501 (2013) (PDF)

2012

Xia H., Maimbourg T., Punzmann H., and Shats M.
Oscillon dynamics and rogue wave generation in Faraday surface ripples,
Physical Review Letters 109, 114502 (2012) (PDF)

Xia H., and Shats M.
Propagating solitons generated by localized perturbations on the surface of deep water,
Physical Review E 85, 026313 (2012) (PDF)

M. Shats, H. Xia, and H. Punzmann,
Parametrically excited water surface ripples as ensembles of oscillons,
Physical Review Letters, 108, 034502 (2012) [PDF]

Xia H., and Shats M.
Structure formation in spectrally condensed turbulence,
Int. J. Mod. Phys. Conf. Ser. 19, 257--261 (2012) (PDF)

Shats M., Xia H., Byrne D.
Turbulence in thick layers,
Int. J. Mod. Phys. Conf. Ser. 19, 390--395 (2012) (PDF)

2011

Xia H., Shats M., and Falkovich G.
Turbulence in fluid layers,
Journal of Physics: Conference Series 318, 012001 (2011),
doi:10.1088/1742-6596/318/1/012001 (link) [PDF]

Byrne D., Xia H. & Shats M.
Robust inverse energy cascade and turbulence structure in three-dimensional layers of fluid,
Physics of Fluids 23, 095109 (2011),
doi:10.1063/1.3638620 (link) [PDF]

Xia H., Byrne D., Falkovich G. & Shats M.
Upscale energy transfer in thick turbulent fluid layers,
Nature Physics 7 321-324 (2011),
doi:10.1038/nphys1910 (link)

2010

Shats M., Byrne D., Xia H.
Turbulence decay rate as a measure of flow dimensionality,
Physical Review Letters, 105, 264501 (2010) [PDF]

Xia H., Shats M., Punzmann H.
Modulation instability and capillary wave turbulence,
EPL, 91, 14002 (2010) [PDF]

Shats M., Punzmann H., Xia H.
Capillary rogue waves,
Physical Review Letters, 104, 104503 (2010) [PDF]

2009

H. Xia, M. Shats and H. Punzmann
Universality of Kolmogorov law in spectrally condensed turbulence in thin layers,
Advances in Turbulence XII: Proceedings of the 12th EUROMECH European Turbulence Conference, Springer, Berlin (2010) [link]
DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-03085-7_171

H. Punzmann, M. Shats, H. Xia
Observation of weak turbulence spectra of capillary waves,
Advances in Turbulence XII: Proceedings of the 12th EUROMECH European Turbulence Conference, Springer, Berlin (2010) [link]
DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-03085-7_176

H. Xia, M. Shats and G. Falkovich,
Spectrally Condensed Turbulence in Thin Layers,
Physics of Fluids, 21, 125101(2009) [PDF]

H. Punzmann, M.G. Shats and H. Xia,
Phase randomization of three-wave interactions in capillary waves
Physical Review Letters, 103, 064502 (2009) [PDF]

M. Shats and H. Xia,
Spectrally Condensed Fluid Turbulence and L-H Transitions in Plasma,
Plasma and Fusion Research, 4, 012 (2009) [PDF]

2008

H. Xia, H. Punzmann, G. Falkovich and M.G. Shats,
Turbulence-Condensate Interaction in Two Dimensions,
Physical Review Letters, 101, 194504 (2008) [PDF]

2007

M.G. Shats, H. Xia, H. Punzmann and G. Falkovich
Suppression of Turbulence by Self-Generated and Imposed Mean Flows,
Physical Review Letters, 99, 164502 (2007) [PDF]

Xia H. and Shats M.G.
Spectral transfer analysis in plasma turbulence studies,
in: Frontiers in Turbulence and Coherent Structures
World Scientific Lecture Notes in Complex Systems, ISBN 981-270-393-4 (2007) [link]
editors J. Denier, J.S. Frederiksen, pp.457-470

2006

M.G. Shats, H. Punzmann and H. Xia
Turbulent Particle Transport in the Context of L-H Transitions,
Journal of Plasma and Fusion Research, 82, 353-356 (2006) [PDF] (in Japanese)

Book:
Turbulence and Coherent Structures in Fluids, Plasmas and Nonlinear Media,

World Scientific Lecture Notes in Complex Systems, ISBN 981-256-698-8 (2006) [link]
editors Michael Shats & Horst Punzmann

Book Chapter by Shats M.G. and Xia H.
Experimental studies of plasma turbulence,
in: Turbulence and Coherent Structures in Fluids, Plasmas and Nonlinear Media
World Scientific Lecture Notes in Complex Systems, ISBN 981-256-698-8 (2006) pp.233-280 [PDF]

H. Xia, M. G. Shats, H. Punzmann
Strong ExB shear flows in the transport-barrier region in H-mode plasma,
Physical Review Letters, 97, 255003 (2006) [PDF]

Shats M.G., Xia H., Punzmann H.
Zonal flows, GAM and radial electric field in the H-1 heliac,
Czechoslovak Journal of Physics, 56, 1353-1360 (2006) [PDF]

Shats M.G., Xia H., Yokoyama M.
Mean E x B flows and GAM-like oscillations in the H-1 heliac,
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 48, S17-S29 (2006) [PDF]

2005

Shats M.G., Xia H., Punzmann H.
Spectral condensation of turbulence in plasmas and fluids and its role in low-to-high phase transitions in toroidal plasma,
Physical Review E, 71, 046409 (2005) [PDF]

2004

Shats M.G., Xia H., Punzmann H.
Self-organization in turbulence as a route to order in plasma and fluids,
Physics Archive [ arXiv:physics/0409074]

Punzmann H., Shats M.G.
Cellular automata model in particle transport studies in magnetized plasma,
Complexity International, (12) 83-90 (2004) [PDF]

Punzmann H., Shats M.G.
Formation and structure of transport barriers during confinement transitions in toroidal plasma,
Physical Review Letters, 93, 125003 (2004) [PDF]

Shats M.G., Xia H., Punzmann H. and Solomon W.M.
Spectral energy transfer, generation of zonal flows and their role in confinement transitions,
Fusion Science and Technology, 46, 279-87 (2004) [PDF]

Xia H. and Shats M.G.
Spectral energy transfer and generation of turbulent structures in toroidal plasma,
Physics of Plasmas, 11, (2004) 561-571. [PDF]

2003

Xia H. and Shats M.G.
Inverse energy cascade correlated with turbulent-structure generation in toroidal plasma,
Physical Review Letters 91 (2003) 155001. [PDF]

Shats M.G., Solomon W.M. and Xia H.
Turbulent transport reduction and randomization of coherent fluctuations by zonal flows in toroidal plasma,
Physical Review Letters 90
(2003) 125002. [PDF]

Shats M. G., H. Punzmann, H. Xia, and Solomon W. M.,
Measurements of poloidal rotation velocity using cross-correlation spectroscopy in the H-1 heliac,
Review of Scientific Instruments 74
(2003) 2044-2047. [PDF]

H. Punzmann, Shats M. G., W. M. Solomon and H. Xia,
Multichannel visible spectroscopy diagnostic for particle transport studies in the H-1 heliac,
Review of Scientific Instruments 74 (2003) 2048-2051. [PDF]

2002

Shats M. G., Solomon W. M.
Zonal-flow generation in the H-mode plasma and its role in confinement bifurcations,
New Journal of Physics 4 (2002) 30.1-30.14. [PDF]

Toi K., Ohkuni K., Shats M.G., Akiyama R., et al.
Observation of Inward Turbulent Particle Transport in Edge Plasma Region of CHS Heliotron/Torsatron,
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 44 (2002) A237-A243. [PDF]

Shats M. G., Solomon W. M.
Experimental evidence of self-regulation of fluctuations by time-varying flows,
Physical Review Letters 88 (2002) 045001. [PDF]

2001

Solomon W. M., Shats M. G.
Nonambipolarity of fluctuation driven fluxes and its effect on the radial electric field,
Physical Review Letters 87 (2001) 012145. [PDF]

Shats M.G., Solomon W.M., Talmadge J.N.
Radial Force Balance and Radial Current Generation in the H-1 Heliac,
Journal of Plasma and Fusion Research 4 (2001) 219-223. [PDF]

Nagasaki K., Shats M.G., Smith H., Punzmann H.
Power absorption calculation for electron resonance heating in H-1 heliac,
Journal of the Physical Society of Japan 70 (2001) 617-620. [PDF]

Rudakov D.L., Shats M.G., Harris J.H., Blackwell B.D.
Dynamic behavior of the low to high confinement transitions in the H-1 heliac,
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 43 (2001) 559-570. [PDF]

K. Nagasaki, Y. Itoh, K. Sakamoto, T. Obiki, T. Maekawa, H. Morioka, T. Terumichi, M. Asakawa, M.G. Shats and H. Punzmann,
Polarizers with non-rectangular grooves for high power millimeter waves,
Fusion Engineering and Design 53
491-7 (2001). [PDF]

Solomon W. M., Shats M. G.
Fluctuations studies using combined Mach/triple probe,
Review of Scientific Instruments 72 (2001) 449-452. [PDF]

Shi X., Boman J., Shats M. G.
Application of the continuous wavelet transform to the fluctuations and electric field analysis in the H-1 heliac,
Review of Scientific Instruments 72
(2001) 503-505. [PDF]

Solomon W. M., Shats M. G., Korneev D., Nagasaki K.
Collective microwave scattering diagnostic on the H-1 heliac,
Review of Scientific Instruments 72 (2001) 352-354. [PDF]

< 2000

Shats M.G., Toi K., Ohkuni K. et al.
Inward turbulent transport produced by positively sheared radial electric field in stellarators,
Physical Review Letters 84 (2000) 6042-6045. [PDF]

Shats M.G.
Effect of the radial electric field on the fluctuation-produced transport in the H-1 heliac,
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 41 (1999) 1357-1370. [PDF]

Rudakov D.L., Shats M.G., Boswell R.W., Charles C., Howard J.
Overview of probe diagnostics on the H-1 heliac,
Review of Scientific Instruments 70 (1999) 476-479. [PDF]

Shats M.G., Michael C.A., Rudakov D.L., Blackwell B.D.
Thresholds and the role of the radial electric field in confinement bifurcations in the H-1 heliac,
Physics of Plasmas 5 (1998) 2390-2398. [PDF]

Harris J. H., Shats M. G., Blackwell B. D., Borg G. G., Boswell R. W., Cheetham A. D., Dettrick S. A., Dewar R. L., Gardner H. J., Howard J., Michael C. A., Miljak D., Rudakov D. L.
Confinement, fluctuations, and electric fields in the H-1 heliac,
Fusion Energy
1998, Vol. 2, 729 (International Atomic Energy Agency, 1998).

Shats M.G., Rudakov D.L., Boswell R.W, Borg G.G.
Ion Temperature and Plasma Flows in Improved Confinement Mode in the H-1 Heliac,
Physics of Plasmas 4 (1997) 3629-3634. [PDF]

Shats M.G., Howard J.
Correlation Spectroscopy Diagnostic on H-1 Heliac,
Fusion Engineering and Design 34-35 (1997). 271-275. [PDF]

Shats M.G., Rudakov D.L.
Reversal of the Fluctuation-Induced Transport During Low to High Transitions in the H-1 Heliac Plasma,
Physical Review Letters 79 (1997) 2690 ñ 2693. [PDF]

Shats M.G., D.L. Rudakov, B.D. Blackwell, G.G. Borg, R.L. Dewar, S.M. Hamberger, J. Howard and L.E. Sharp,
Improved Particle Confinement Mode in the H-1 Heliac Plasma,
Physical Review Letters 77 (1996) 4190-4193. [PDF]

Shats M.G., Harris J.H., Likin K.M. J. B. Wilgen, et al.
Density Fluctuations in the ATF Torsatron,
Fusion Technology 27 (1995) 481-484

Shats M.G., Harris J.H., Likin K.M. J. B. Wilgen, et al.
Drift-wave-like density fluctuations in the ATF torsatron,
Physics of Plasmas 2 (1995) 398-413. [PDF]

Shats M., Blackwell B.D., Borg G.G., Hamberger S.M., Howard J., Rudakov D.L., Sharp L.E.
Magnetic Configuration Scans in H-1 Heliac,
Fusion Technology 27 (1995) 286-289

Blackwell B.D., Borg G.G., Hamberger S.M., Howard J., Rudakov D.L., Sharp L.E., Shats M., Warr G.B., Zhang B.C.
Experimental Results of RF Produced Plasmas in the H-1 Toroidal Heliac
,
Fusion Technology 27 (1995) 282-285

Shats M., Blackwell B.D., Borg G.G., Hamberger S.M., Howard J., Rudakov D.L., Sharp L.E.
Magnetic field mapping system on the H-1 heliac,
Review of Scientific Instruments 66 (1995) 1163-1165 [PDF]