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This article explores some of the consequences of assuming that both stellar and extragalactic jets behave like a fluid. General similarity arguments suggest that some of the observed morphology of extragalactic jets is due to the form of the ambient density distribution. The series of knots seen in both stellar and extragalactic jets appear to be related to the shock cell structure found in laboratory jets. It is shown that there can be quite a large pressure ratio between the jet and the outside medium even if there is no magnetic confinement.
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Falle, S.A.E.G. (1987). The Gas Dynamics of Jets. In: Kundt, W. (eds) Astrophysical Jets and Their Engines. NATO ASI Series, vol 208. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3927-1_13
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