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ABSTRACT

1.HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION

2.THE PHENOMENOLOGICAL MODEL
2.1.Phenomenology of an Extended Radio Source
2.2.Jets and Unified Models for Active Galactic Nuclei

3.ORIGIN OF JETS: THE BLACK HOLE CONNECTION
3.1.Collimated Outflows from Accretion Disks
3.2.Electromagnetic Winds from Black Hole/Disk Magnetospheres
3.3.Nonlinear Ejection Models
3.4.Observable Quantities

4.JET CONFINEMENT: THE INTERACTION WITH THE AMBIENT MEDIUM
4.1.Global Dynamics of Confined Jets
4.2.Global Electrodynamics of Confined Jets
4.3.Jet Instabilities
4.4.Nonlinear Evolution of Jet Dynamics
4.5.Astrophysical Applications and Comments

5.JET TERMINATION: THE COCOON
5.1.Hot Spots
5.2.Extended Lobes
5.3.Filaments
5.4.Numerical Models of Jet's Head Evolution
5.5.Understanding Jet Microphysics

6.RADIATION AND PARTICLE ACCELERATION IN LARGE-SCALE JETS
6.1.Evolution of the Relativistic Electron Distribution Function
6.2.Comments: Beaming Effects in Relativistic Outflows
6.3.Acceleration of Cosmic Rays in Extragalactic Radio Sources

7.OPEN PROBLEMS

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