Name of the Speaker(s): Annalisa CELOTTI
Institution: SISSA/ISAS
Title of the communication: Jets and accretion processes in Active Galactic Nuclei: further clues
Preliminary abstract (12 lines max.):
We present evidence in favour of a strong link between the luminosity radiatively dissipated in the central engine of radio--loud Active Galactic Nuclei and the kinetic power in their jets. This piece of evidence is based on the relation we find between the luminosity in broad emission lines and the kinetic power in pc--scale radio jets, for a sample of radio--loud quasars for which suitable data are available in the literature. A strong magnetic field in equipartition with the radiation field could be responsible for regulating both processes. BL Lac objects seem to follow a similar behaviour, but with a comparatively fainter broad line emission.