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The 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.
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Blackman, E.G. (2006). Distinguishing Propagation vs. Launch Physics of Astrophysical Jets and the Role of Experiments. In: Lebedev, S.V. (eds) High Energy Density Laboratory Astrophysics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6055-7_2
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