- Yokota, Y., Arakawa, M., Yasui, M., Shirai, K., Hasegawa, S., “Effects of surface topography on the crater formation process of rubble-pile asteroids”, Int. J. Impact Eng. 202, #105325, 2025.
- Nakamura, M., Yasui, M., Arakawa, M., “High-velocity oblique impact experiments on ice and snow spheres: Implications for the collisional evolution of icy planetesimals at different thermal evolution stages”, Icarus 413, #116010, 2024.
- Toyoda, Y., Arakawa, M., Yasui, M., “Low-velocity impact experiments of porous ice balls simulating Saturn’s ring particles: Porosity dependence of restitution coefficients and the mechanism of inelastic collision”, Icarus 411, #115964, 2024.
- Sasai, H., Arakawa, M., Yasui, M., Shirai, K., “Preservation of pristine materials under impact craters formed on comet nuclei”, Icarus 411, #115929, 2024.
- Kurosaki, K., Hori, Y., Ogihara, M., Kunitomo, M., Evolution of a water-rich atmosphere formed by a giant impact on an Earth-sized planet, The Astrophysical Journal 957, 67, 2023.
- Okawa, H., Arakawa, M., Yasui, M., Hasegawa, S., Toda, M., Shirai, K., Yamamoto, Y.,”Effect of boulder size on ejecta velocity scaling law for cratering and its implication for formation of tiny asteroids”, Icarus 387, #115212, 2022.
- Yasui, M., Arakawa, M., Okawa, H., Hasegawa, S., “Cratering experiments on granular targets with a variety of particle sizes: Implications for craters on rubble-pile asteroids”, J. Geophys. Res. –Planets 127, e2021JE007172, 2022.
- Arakawa, M., “PLANETARY SCIENCE A weak and active surface of Bennu”, Nature Geoscience 5, 430-431, 2022.
- Arakawa, M., Okazaki, M., Nakamura, M., Jutzi, M., Yasui, M., and Hasegawa, S., “Dispersion and shattering strength of rocky and frozen planetesimals studied by laboratory experiments and numerical simulations”, Icarus 373, 114777, 2022.
- Shimaki, Y., Arakawa, M., “Tensile strength and elastic properties of fine-grained ice aggregates: Implications for crater formation on small icy bodies”, Icarus 369, #114646, 2021.
- Honda, R., Arakawa, M., Shimaki, Y., Shirai, K., Yokota, Y., Kadono, T., Wada, K., Ogawa, K. Ishibashi, K. Sakatani, N., Nakazawa, S., Yasui, M., Morota, T., Kameda, S., Tatsumi, E., Yamada, M., Kouyama, T., Cho, Y., Matsuoka, M., Suzuki, H., Honda, C., Hayakawa, M., Yoshioka, K., Hirata, N., Hirata, N., Sawada, H., Sugita, S., Saiki, T., Imamura, H., Takagi, Y., Yano, H., Okamoto, C., Tsuda, Y., Iijima, Y., “Resurfacing processes on asteroid (162173) Ryugu caused by an artificial impact of Hayabusa2’s Small Carry-on Impactor”, Icarus 366, 114530, 2021.
- Yasui, M., Tazawa, T., Hashimoto, R., Arakawa, M., Ogawa, K., Impacts may provide heat for aqueous alteration and organic solid formation on asteroid parent bodies, Commun. Earth Environ. 2, 95, 2021.
- Arakawa, M., Saiki, T., Wada, K., Ogawa, K., Kadono, T., Shirai, K., Sawada, H., Ishibashi, K., Honda, R., Sakatani, N., Iijima, Y., Okamoto, C., Yano, H., Takagi, Y., Hayakawa, M., Michel, P., Jutzi, M., Shimaki, Y., Kimura, S., Mimasu, Y., Toda, T., Imamura, H., Nakazawa, S., Hayakawa, H., Sugita, S., Morota, T., Kameda, S., Tatsumi, E., Cho, Y., Yoshioka, K., Yokota, Y., Matsuoka, M., Yamada, M., Kouyama, T., Honda, C., Tsuda, Y., Watanabe, S., Yoshikawa, M., Tanaka, S., Terui, F., Kikuchi, S., Yamaguchi, T., Ogawa, N., Ono, G., Yoshikawa, K., Takahashi, T., Takei, Y., Fujii, A., Takeuchi, H., Yamamoto, Y., Okada, T., Hirose, C., Hosoda, S., Mori, O., Shimada, T., Soldini, S., Tsukizaki, R., Iwata, T., Ozaki, M., Abe, M., Namiki, N., Kitazato, K., Tachibana, S., Ikeda, H., Hirata, N., Hirata, N., Noguchi, R., Miura, A., “An artificial impact on the asteroid (162173) Ryugu formed a crater in the gravity-dominated regime”, Science 368, 67–71, 2020.
- Matsue, K., Yasui, M., Arakawa, M., Hasegawa, S., “Measurements of seismic waves induced by high-velocity impacts: Implications for seismic shaking surrounding impact craters on asteroids”, Icarus 338, 113520, 2020.
- Yasui, M., Arakawa, M., Yoshida, Y., Matsue K., Takano, S., “Effects of oblique impacts on the impact strength of porous gypsum and glass spheres: Implications for the collisional disruption of planetesimals and thermal evolution”, Icarus 335, 113414, 2020.
- Arakawa, M., Wada, K., Saiki, T., Kadono, T., Takagi, Y., Shirai, K., Okamoto, C., Yano, H., Hayakawa, M., Nakazawa, S., Hirata, N., Kobayashi, M., Michel, P., Jutzi, M., Imamura, H., Ogawa, K., Sakatani, N., Iijima, Y., Honda, R., Ishibashi, K., Hayakawa, H., Sawada, H., “Scientific objectives of Small Carry-on Impactor (SCI) and Deployable Camera 3 Digital (DCAM3-D): Observation of an ejecta curtain and a crater formed on the surface of Ryugu by an artificial high-velocity impact”, Space Sci. Rev. 208, 187-212, 2017.
- Ishibashi, K., Shirai, K., Ogawa, K., Wada, K., Honda, R., Sakatani, N., Arakawa, M., Ikeda, Y., “Performance of Hayabusa2 DCAM3-D camera for short-range imaging of SCI and ejecta curtain generated from the artificial impact crater formed on asteroid 162137 Ryugu (1999 JU3)”, Space Sci. Rev. 208, 213-238, 2017.
- Ogawa, K., Shirai, K., Sawada, H., Arakawa, M., Honda, R., Wada, K., Ishibashi, K., Iijima, Y., Sakatani, N., Nakazawa, S., Hayakawa, H., “System configuration and operation plan of Hayabusa2 DCAM3-D for scientific observation in SCI impact experiment”, Space Sci. Rev. 208, 125-142, 2017.
- Yasui, M., Schulson, E. M., Renshaw, C. E., “Experimental studies on mechanical properties and ductile-to-brittle transition of ice-silica mixtures: Young’s modulus, compressive strength and fracture toughness”, J. Geophys. Res. -Solid Earth 122 (8), 6014-6030, 2017.
- Tsujido, S., Arakawa, M., Suzuki, A. I., Yasui, M., “Ejecta velocity distribution of impact craters formed on quartz sand: Effect of projectile density on crater scaling law”, Icarus 262, 79-92, 2015.
- Yasui, M., Matsumoto, E., Arakawa, M., “Experimental study on impact-induced seismic wave propagation through granular materials”, Icarus 260, 320-331, 2015.
- Leliwa-Kopystynski, J., Arakawa, M., “Impacts experiments onto heterogeneous targets simulating impact breccia: Implications for impact strength of asteroids and formation of the asteroid families”, Icarus 235, 147-155, 2014.
- Yasui, M., Hayama, R., Arakawa, M., “Impact strength of small icy bodies that experienced multiple collisions”, Icarus 233, 293-305, 2014.
- Suzuki, A., Nakamura, A. M., Kadono, T.., Wada, K., Yamamoto, S., Arakawa, M., “A formation mechanism for concentric ridges in ejecta surrounding impact craters in a layer of fine glass beads”, Icarus 225, 298-307, 2013.
- Yasui, M., Arakawa, M., Hasegawa, S., Fujita, Y., Kadono, T., “In situ X-ray observation of projectile penetration processes and crater cavity growth in porous gypsum target analogous to low-density asteroids”, Icarus 221, 646-657, 2012.
- Shimaki, Y., Arakawa, M., “Low-velocity collisions between centimeter-sized snowballs: Porosity dependence of coefficient of restitution for ice aggregates analogues in the solar system”, Icarus 221, 310-319, 2012.
- Suzuki, A., Hakura, S., Hamura, T., Hattori, M., Hayama, R., Ikeda, T., Kusuno, H., Kuwahara, H., Muto, Y., Nagaki, K., Niimi, R., Ogata, Y., Okamoto, T., Sasamori, T., Sekigawa, C., Yoshihara, T., Hasegawa, S., Kurosawa, K., Kadono, T., Nakamura, A. M., Sugita, S., Arakawa, M., “Laboratory experiments on crater scaling-law for sedimentary rocks in the strength regime”, J. Geophys. Res. –Planets 117, E08012, doi:10.1029/2012JE 004064, 2012.
- Uchiyama, Y., Arakawa, M., Okamoto, C., Yasui, M., “Restitution coefficients and sticking velocities of a chondrule analogue colliding on a porous silica layer at impact velocities between 0.1 and 80 m s^-1”, Icarus 219, 336-344, 2012.
- Dohi, K., Arakawa, M., Okamoto, C., Hasegawa, S., Yasui, M., The effect of a thin weak layer covering a basalt block on the impact cratering process, Icarus 218, 751-759, 2012.
- Shimaki, Y., Arakawa, M., “Experimental study on collisional disruption of highly porous icy bodies”, Icarus 218, 737-750, 2012.
- Yasui, M., Arakawa, M., “Flow law of ice-silica mixtures and the effects of silica content and porosity”, in Physics and Chemistry of Ice (Hokkaido University Press, Japan), 387-395, 2011.
- Arakawa, M., Yasui, M., “Measurements of post shock temperature deposited in ice impact crater”, in Physics and Chemistry of Ice (Hokkaido University Press, Japan), 339-344, 2011.
- Shimaki, Y., Arakawa, M., Yasui, M., “Impact experiments on sintered snowballs”, in Physics and Chemistry of Ice (Hokkaido University Press, Japan), 379-386, 2011.
- Arakawa, M., Yasui, M., “Impact crater on sintered snow surface simulating porous icy bodies”, Icarus 216, 1-9, 2011.
- Yasui, M., Arakawa, M., “Impact experiments of porous gypsum-glass bead mixtures simulating parent bodies of ordinary chondrites: Implications for re-accumulation processes related to rubble-pile formation”, Icarus 214, 754-765, 2011.
