Expansion Tube Experiment of Applied Magnetic Field Effect on Reentry Plasma

Tetsuya Tanifuji∗ Tokyo Institute of Technology, Department of Energy Sciences, Midoriku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan Atsushi Matsuda† Institute of Space and Astronautical Science/JAXA, Yoshinodai 3-1-1, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan Katsumi Wasai‡ Tokai University, Aerospace Engineering, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa, Japan Hirotaka Otsu§ Shizuoka University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan Hiroyuki Yamasaki¶ Tokyo Institute of Technology, Department of Energy Sciences, Midoriku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan Detlev Konigorski‖ EADS Space Transportation GmbH, D-28199, Bremen, Germany Takashi Abe∗∗ Institute of Space and Astronautical Science/JAXA, Yoshinodai 3-1-1, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan