Distinguishing Propagation vs. Launch Physics of Astrophysical Jets and the Role of Experiments

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dc.creatorBlackman, Eric G.
dc.date2006-06-28
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T10:23:15Z
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dc.descriptionThe absence of other viable momentum sources for collimated flows leads to the likelihood that magnetic fields play a fundamental role in jet launch and/or collimation in astrophysical jets. To best understand the physics of jets, it is useful to distinguish between the launch region where the jet is accelerated and the larger scales where the jet propagates as a collimated structure. Observations presently resolve jet propagation, but not the launch region. Simulations typically probe the launch and propagation regions separately, but not both together. Here, I identify some of the physics of jet launch vs. propagation and what laboratory jet experiments to date have probed. Reproducing an astrophysical jet in the lab is unrealistic, so maximizing the benefit of the experiments requires clarifying the astrophysical connection.
dc.description8 pages, accepted by Astrophysics and Space Science (for Special High Energy Density Laboratory Astrophysics Conference Volume)
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0606677
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0606677
dc.identifierAstrophys.SpaceSci.307:7-10,2007
dc.identifierdoi:10.1007/s10509-006-9205-x
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/175759
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.subjectPlasma Physics
dc.titleDistinguishing Propagation vs. Launch Physics of Astrophysical Jets and the Role of Experiments
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