Extragalactic radio sources Book

	Preface
	Remerciements
	List of participants
I	Physical Conditions Around the Central Engine
	Importance of Plasma Physics Processes in Extragalactic Radio Sources	1
	SIGMA Observations of the Galactic Center and Some Bright AGNs	7
	Synchrotron Modelling of the Galactic Center Jet	13
	Active Galactic Nuclei Observed during the ROSAT All Sky Survey	15
	The Soft X-Ray Excess in Einstein Quasar Spectra	23
	Physical Parameters in the Nucleus of AGN from X and Gamma Rays	25
	Models of Central Engines of AGNs with Electron-Positron Pair Production	32
	On Pair Creation in a Black Hole Magnetosphere	45
	Above the Accretion Disk and Black Hole: a Starburst Stellar Cluster	52
	Intraday Variability of Active Galactic Nuclei Radio and Optical Observations	59
	Formation of Relativistic Jets in Quasars and the Origin of Quasi-Periodicity	71
	Magnetic Reconnection in Active Galactic Nuclei	78
	Collective Radiation from Jets	85
II	Beams and Jets Observed on VLBI Scale
	VLBI-Scale Radio Jets	92
	Statistical Studies of Superluminal Velocities	98
	Cosmological Manifestation in the VLBI Structure of Active Galactic Nuclei	105
	Monitoring of Extragalactic Radio Source Structures With Astrometric/Geodetic VLBI Experiments. The Case of 3C 273	112
	MERLIN and VLBI Observations of Two-sided Sources	119
	VLBI Tests of BL Lac Models	130
	High Resolution Images of Optically Quiet Quasars	134
	New Millimetric VLBI Results	137
	A Polarimetric Perspective on BL Lacertae Objects	145
	The Structure of Linearly Polarized Emission from Quasars on Milliarcsecond Scales	152
	Physical Parameters of VLBI Structures	159
	Flux and Polarization Variability: Constraints on AGN Modeling	167
	Rapid 55 Degree Swing in the Position Angle of the Polarization in OJ 287: A Flare in the Accretion Disk?	174
	Particle Acceleration at Relativistic Shocks	176
	Time Dependent Numerical Simulation of Diffusive Particle Acceleration in Astrophysical Environments	183
	Particle Acceleration and Flux Outburst	191
III	Production and Propagation of Beams and Jets
	From Ultrarelativistic Beams to Radio Jets: the Accretion Disk Connection	195
	Why do all the Extragalactic Jets Have Lorentz Factors Less Than 20?	206
	Electron-Positron Beam Production in Compact Radio Sources	214
	Production of Relativistic Electron-Positron Beams	221
	MHD Accretion-Ejection Flow for AGN	228
	Magnetically Driven Jets and Winds	235
	Magnetic Fields and Reconnection in Extragalactic Jets	241
	The Stability of Force-Free MHD Jets	248
	Stability of Electron-Positron Beams	256
	Streaming Particle Beams in Active Galactic Nuclei	263
	Nonlinear Interaction of the Relativistic Wind with the Ambient Plasma	266
	Physics of Bright Jets and their Velocities	272
IV	The Large Scale Structure as a Guide to the Compact Source Properties
	The Laing-Garrington Effect: Radio Depolarization Asymmetry	279
	Radio and Optical Asymmetries in Powerful Radio Galaxies	285
	Mixed Shocks and the Formation of Hot Spots	287
	On the Formation of Extragalactic Radio Sources	294
	Sub-kpc Detail of Nearby FRII Radio Galaxies	302
	VLA Observations of Head-Tail Radio Sources in Poor Clusters of Galaxies	305
	Multiple Outbursts in Radio Galaxies	307
	Observations of Jets with the Faint Object Camera	309
	Optical Synchrotron Emission and Turbulences in Extragalactic Jets	322
	On the Formation of Emission Filaments in Jets	329
	Correlations Between the Radio and Optical Properties of Extragalactic Radiosources	332
	Radio Emission in Radio-Loud and Radio-Quiet Quasars of the Bright Quasar Survey	339
	Optical Filaments in Centaurus A	341
	Jet Kinetic Power and Waste Heat in Radiogalaxies and Quasars	344
	Anisotropic Continuum Radiation in Extragalactic Radio Sources	350
	Spectropolarimetry of AGN	358
	AGN Classification and Evolutionary Scheme	364
	What Does it Take to Make a Radio Galaxy?	368