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This chapter is a summary of lectures intended to introduce the concept of scaling to graduate students. Specifically, we address whether astrophysical phenomena may be addressed using ‘scaled’ versions of the same processes in experiments in the laboratory. Recent (and ongoing) advances in laser facility capabilities, such as higher temperatures and Mach numbers, are making such scaled hydrodynamical and even magneto-hydrodynamical experiments possible. The general concept of scaling, relevant equations, and some applications are presented.
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Much of the work presented here was done by members of the NLUF Jet Group, particularly B.Wilde, P. Rosen, J. Foster, B. Blue, and P. Hartigan. The Omega experiments would not be possible without the assistance of the LLE support staff and AWE, GA, and LLNL target fabrication teams.
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Coker, R. (2010). Laboratory Astrophysics and Scaling. In: Garcia, P., Ferreira, J. (eds) Jets from Young Stars IV. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 793. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02289-0_1
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