Dr Matthew Sylvest

Performance assessment of an innovative light and compact dust shield for DISC onboard Comet Interceptor/ESA space probes (2025-01)
Della Corte, Vincenzo; Ferretti, Stefano; Piccirillo, Alice Maria; Rotundi, Alessandra; Bertini, Ivano; Cozzolino, Fabio; Ferone, Alessio; Fiscale, Stefano; Longobardo, Andrea; Inno, Laura; Ammannito, Eleonora; Sindoni, Giuseppe; Grappasonni, Chiara; Sylvest, Matthew; Patel, Manish R.; Ertel, Hanno; Millinger, Mark and Rothkaehl, Hanna
International Journal of Impact Engineering, 195, Article 105146

The Dynamics of CO₂ ‐Driven Granular Flows in Gullies on Mars (2024-06)
Roelofs, Lonneke; Conway, Susan J.; van Dam, Bas; van Eijk, Arjan; Merrison, Jonathan P.; Iversen, Jens Jacob; Sylvest, Matthew; Patel, Manish R.; Markies, Henk; van Maarseveen, Marcel; McElwaine, Jim; Kleinhans, Maarten G. and de Haas, Tjalling
Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 129, Article e2024JE008319(6)

How, when and where current mass flows in Martian gullies are driven by CO 2 sublimation (2024)
Roelofs, Lonneke; Conway, Susan J.; de Haas, Tjalling; Dundas, Colin; Lewis, Stephen R.; McElwaine, Jim; Pasquon, Kelly; Raack, Jan; Sylvest, Matthew and Patel, Manish R.
Communications Earth & Environment, 5, Article 125

Experimental study of sediment transport processes by liquid water and brine under Martian pressure (2023-05-01)
Philippe, M.; Conway, S.J.; Raack, J.; Carpy, S.; Massé, M.; Patel, M. R.; Sylvest, M. E.; Lewis, S. R. and Morino, C.
Icarus, 395, Article 115475

DISC - the Dust Impact Sensor and Counter on-board Comet Interceptor: characterization of the dust coma of a dynamically new comet (2023)
Della Corte, V.; Ferretti, S.; Piccirillo, A. M.; Zakharov, V.; Di Paolo, F.; Rotundi, A.; Ammannito, E.; Amoroso, M.; Bertini, I.; Di Donato, P.; Ferraioli, G.; Fiscale, S.; Fulle, M.; Inno, L.; Longobardo, A.; Mazzotta-Epifani, E.; Muscari Tomajoli, M. T.; Sindoni, G.; Tonietti, L.; Rothkaehl, H.; Wozniakiewicz, P. J.; Burchell, M. J.; Alesbrook, L. A.; Sylvest, M. E. and Patel, M. R.
Advances in Space Research, 71(18) (pp. 3457-3467)

Volumetric Changes of Mud on Mars: Evidence From Laboratory Simulations (2023)
Brož, P.; Krýza, O.; Patočka, V.; Pěnkavová, V.; Conway, S. J.; Mazzini, A.; Hauber, E.; Sylvest, M. E. and Patel, M. R.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 128, Article e2023JE007950(12)

The formation of araneiforms by carbon dioxide venting and vigorous sublimation dynamics under martian atmospheric pressure (2021)
McKeown, Lauren; McElwaine, J. N.; Bourke, M. C.; Sylvest, M. E. and Patel, M. R.
Scientific Reports, 11, Article 6445

Mud flow levitation on Mars: Insights from laboratory simulations (2020-09-01)
Brož, P.; Krýza, O.; Conway, S.J.; Mueller, N.T.; Hauber, E.; Mazzini, A.; Raack, J.; Balme, M.; Sylvest, M.E. and Patel, M.R.
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 545, Article 116406

Experimental evidence for lava-like mud flows under Martian surface conditions (2020)
Brož, Petr; Krýza, Ondřej; Wilson, Lionel; Conway, Susan J.; Hauber, Ernst; Mazzini, Adriano; Raack, Jan; Balme, Matthew; Sylvest, Matthew and Patel, Manish
Nature Geoscience, 13 (pp. 403-407)

CO₂ sublimation in Martian gullies: laboratory experiments at varied slope angle and regolith grain sizes (2019-01-01)
Sylvest, Matthew E.; Dixon, John C.; Conway, Susan J.; Patel, Manish R.; McElwaine, Jim N.; Hagermann, Axel and Barnes, Adam
In: Conway, S. J.; Carrivick, J. L.; Carling, P. A.; de Haas, T. and Harrison, T. N. eds. Martian Gullies and their Earth Analogues. Special Publication (pp. 343-371)
ISBN : 9781786203625 | Publisher : The Geological Society of London

The Open University Hypervelocity Impact Laboratory: An All-Axis Aeroballistic Range Facility (2023)
Emerland, Zoe; Sylvest, Matthew and Patel, Manish
In : 72nd Aeroballistic Range Association Meeting (10-15 Sep 2023, Tokyo, Japan)

A Dedicated Simulation Chain for Hypervelocity Impacts Effect on Disc, Impact Sensor of the Comet Interceptor/ Esa Mission (2022-11-26)
Piccirillo, A. M.; Corte, V. Della; Ferretti, S.; Rotundi, A.; Ammannito, E.; Bertini, I.; Ferraioli, G.; Fiscale, S.; Inno, L.; Longobardo, A.; Sindoni, G.; Wozniakiewicz, P.J.; Sylvest, M. and Patel, M.
In : Proceedings of 2022 Hypervelocity Impact Symposium HVIS2022 (18-22 Sep 2022, Alexandria, VA, USA)