Suzy Collin PrésidenteEstelle Asséo RapporteurAttilio Ferrari RapporteurJean Heayvaerts ExaminateurGui Pelletier ExaminateurMy research was principally concerned with the origin of the radiation from extragalactic jets. Very different approaches have been used (optical and radio observations, modelisation and theory) because I am convinced that only a global view can bring a sufficiently precise understanding of the physics of these objects. Individually, the different components of radiosources (jets, lobes, VLBI jets, Active Nuclei, ...) are poorly constrained by the observations. Jet asymmetry can be considered as the backbone of my reseach: explaining why a jet radiates while its opposite counterpart is not visible is, to my view, an ul...