Dr. Stephan Stellmach

Corrensstr. 24
48149 Münster

  • Publications

    • Wicht, J., French, M., Stellmach, S., Nettelmann, N., Gastine, T., Duarte, L. and Redmer, R. . ‘Modeling the Interior Dynamics of Gas Planets.’ In Magnetic Fields in the Solar System, edited by Lühr H., Wicht J., Gilder S.A. Holschneider M., –8. Springer VDI Verlag. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-64292-5_2.
    • Plumley M., Julien K., Marti P., Stellmach S. . ‘Sensitivity of rapidly rotating Rayleigh-Bénard convection to Ekman pumping.’ Physical Review Fluids 2, No. 9. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevFluids.2.094801.
    • Plumley M., Julien K., Marti P., Stellmach S. . ‘The effects of Ekman pumping on quasi-geostrophic Rayleigh-Bénard convection.’ Journal of Fluid Mechanics 803, No. null: 51–71. doi: 10.1017/jfm.2016.452.
    • Julien K., Aurnou J., Calkins M., Knobloch E., Marti P., Stellmach S., Vasil G. . ‘A nonlinear model for rotationally constrained convection with Ekman pumping.’ Journal of Fluid Mechanics 798, No. null: 50–87. doi: 10.1017/jfm.2016.225.
    • Moll R., Garaud P., Stellmach S. . ‘A NEW MODEL for MIXING by DOUBLE-DIFFUSIVE CONVECTION (SEMI-CONVECTION). III. THERMAL and COMPOSITIONAL TRANSPORT THROUGH NON-LAYERED ODDC.’ Astrophysical Journal 823, No. 1. doi: 10.3847/0004-637X/823/1/33.
    • Cheng, J.S.; Stellmach, S.; Ribeiro, A.; Grannan, A.; King, E.M.; Aurnou, J.M. . ‘Laboratory-numerical models of rapidly rotating convection in planetary cores.’ Geophysical Journal International 201, No. 1: 1–17. doi: 10.1093/gji/ggu480.
    • Petschel K., Stellmach S., Wilczek M., Lülff J., Hansen U. . ‘Kinetic energy transport in Rayleigh-Bénard convection.’ Journal of Fluid Mechanics 773, No. null: 395–417. doi: 10.1017/jfm.2015.216.
    • Verhoeven J., Wiesehöfer T., Stellmach S. . ‘ANELASTIC VERSUS FULLY COMPRESSIBLE TURBULENT RAYLEIGH-BÉNARD CONVECTION.’ Astrophysical Journal 805, No. 1. doi: 10.1088/0004-637X/805/1/62.
    • Wicht, J; Stellmach, S; Harder, H. . ‘Numerical Dynamo Simulations: From Basic Concepts to Realistic Models (Updated Review).’ In Handbook of Geomathematics (Second Edition), edited by Freeden, W.; Nashed, M.Z.; Sonar, T., 1–49. 2nd Ed. Berlin Heidelberg: Springer VDI Verlag. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-27793-1_16-2.
    • Aurnou J., Calkins M., Cheng J., Julien K., King E., Nieves D., Soderlund K., Stellmach S. . ‘Rotating convective turbulence in Earth and planetary cores.’ Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 246, No. null: 52–71. doi: 10.1016/j.pepi.2015.07.001.
    • Stellmach, S., Lischper, M., Julien, K., Vasil, G., Cheng, J., Ribeiro, A., King, E., Aurnou, J.M. . ‘Approaching the asymptotic regime of rapidly rotating convection: Boundary layers versus interior dynamics.’ Physical Review Letters 113, No. 25. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.254501.
    • Radko T., Flanagan J.D., Stellmach S., Timmermans M.-L. . ‘Double-diffusive recipes. Part II: Layer-merging events.’ Journal of Physical Oceanography 44, No. 5: 1285–1305. doi: 10.1175/JPO-D-13-0156.1.
    • Medrano M., Garaud P., Stellmach S. . ‘Double-diffusive mixing in stellar interiors in the presence of horizontal gradients.’ Astrophysical Journal Letters 792, No. 2. doi: 10.1088/2041-8205/792/2/L30.
    • Verhoeven J., Stellmach S. . ‘The compressional beta effect: A source of zonal winds in planets?’ Icarus 237, No. null: 143–158. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2014.04.019.
    • King EM, Stellmach S, Buffett B. . ‘Scaling behaviour in Rayleigh-Bénard convection with and without rotation.’ Journal of Fluid Mechanics 717: 449–471. doi: 10.1017/jfm.2012.586.
    • Petschel K, Stellmach S, Wilczek M, Lülff J, Hansen U. . ‘Dissipation layers in rayleigh-bénard convection: A unifying view.’ Physical Review Letters 110, No. 11. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.114502.
    • Wood T, Garaud P, Stellmach S. . ‘A new model for mixing by double-diffusive convection (semi-convection). II. The transport of heat and composition through layers.’ Astrophysical Journal 2013 (768), No. 2: 157. doi: 10.1088/0004-637X/768/2/157.
    • Brown J, Garaud P, Stellmach S. . ‘Chemical Transport and Spontaneous Layer Formation in Fingering Convection in Astrophysics.’ Astrophysical Journal 2013 (768), No. 1: 34. doi: 10.1088/0004-637X/768/1/34.
    • Mirouh G, Garaud P, Stellmach S, Traxler A, and Wood, T. . ‘A New Model for Mixing by Double-Diffusive Convection (Semi-Convection). I. The Conditions for Layer Formation.’ Astrophysical Journal 750, No. 61. doi: 10.1088/0004-637X/750/1/61.
    • King, E.M., Stellmach, S., Aurnou, J.M. . ‘Heat Transfer by Rapidly Rotating Rayleigh-Bénard Convection.’ Journal of Fluid Mechanics 691: 568–582. doi: 10.1017/jfm.2011.493.
    • Stellmach S, Traxler A, Garaud P, Brummell N, Radko T. . ‘Dynamics of fingering convection. Part 2 the formation of thermohaline staircases.’ Journal of Fluid Mechanics 677: 554–571. doi: 10.1017/jfm.2011.99.
    • Traxler A, Stellmach S, Garaud P, Radko T, Brummell N. . ‘Dynamics of fingering convection. Part 1 Small-scale fluxes and large-scale instabilities.’ Journal of Fluid Mechanics 677: 530–553. doi: 10.1017/jfm.2011.98.
    • Rosenblum E, Garaud P, Traxler A, Stellmach S. . ‘Turbulent mixing and layer formation in double-diffusive convection: Three-dimensional numerical simulations and theory.’ Astrophysical Journal Letters 731, No. 1.
    • Rosenblum E, Garaud P, Traxler A, Stellmach S. . ‘Erratum: Turbulent mixing and layer formation in double-diffusive convection: Three-dimensional numerical simulations and theory (Astrophysical Journal (2011) 731 (66)).’ Astrophysical Journal 742, No. 2.
    • Traxler A, Garaud P, Stellmach S. . ‘Numerically Determined Transport Laws for Fingering ("Thermohaline") Convection in Astrophysics.’ Astrophysical Journal Letters 728: L29.
    • Garaud P, Ogilvie GI, Miller N, Stellmach S. . ‘A model of the entropy flux and Reynolds stress in turbulent convection.’ Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 407, No. 4: 2451–2467. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17066.x.
    • Wicht, J.; Stellmach, S.; Harder, H. . ‘Numerical dynamo simulations: From basic concepts to realistic models.’ In Handbook of Geomathematics, edited by Freeden, W.; Nashed, M. Z.; Sonar, T., 459–502. Heidelberg: Springer VDI Verlag. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-01546-5_16.
    • Stephan S, Hansen U. . ‘Turbulent Rotating Rayleigh-Bénard Convection.’ IAS Series 33: 305–312.
    • King EM, Stellmach S, Noir J, Hansen U, Aurnou JM. . ‘Boundary layer control of rotating convection systems.’ Nature 457, No. 7227: 301–304. doi: 10.1038/nature07647.
    • Johannes Wicht, Stephan Stellmach und Helmut Harder. . ‘Numerical Models of the Geodynamo: From Fundamental Cartesian Models to 3D Simulations of Field Reversals.’ In GEOMAGNETIC FIELD VARIATIONS, edited by Karl-Heinz Glassmeier, Heinrich Soffel, Jörg F. W. Negendank, 107–158. Berlin Heidelberg: Springer VDI Verlag. doi: 10.1007/978-3-540-76939-2_4.
    • Stellmach S, Hansen U. . ‘An efficient spectral method for the simulation of dynamos in Cartesian geometry and its implementation on massively parallel computers.’ Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 9. doi: 10.1029/2007GC001778.
    • Glassmeier KH, Grosser J, Auster U, Constantinescu D, Narita Y, Stellmach S. . ‘Electromagnetic induction effects and dynamo action in the Hermean system.’ Space Science Reviews 132, No. 2-4: 511–527. doi: 10.1007/s11214-007-9244-9.
    • Stellmach S, Hansen U. . ‘Cartesian convection driven dynamos at low Ekman number.’ Physical Review E - Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics 70, No. 5. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.70.056312.
    • Harder, H; Stellmach, S.; Hansen, U. . ‘Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations of the Geodynamo.’ NIC Series 20: 389–398.