The third CSS/GPS workshop, Kerastari, Greece

During 28 - 31 May 2002 a workshop on the topics of compact steep spectrum (CSS) and GHz peaked spectrum (GPS) sources was held in the small Greek village of Kerastari. This workshop was the third in a series on these topics and was supported in part by the ATNF. Over 40 people working in this field attended the workshop, with strong representation from several Australian institutions.

The workshop participants outside the Kerastari villiage hall, where the workshop was held.

Over the three days of the meeting, invited and contributed talks were given on a diverse range of CSS/GPS topics, including: evolutionary schemes by which the CSS and GPS sources may evolve into large scale FR-I and FR-II type radio galaxies; the different physical mechanisms that may be responsible for the distinctive radio spectra of CSS and GPS sources; the definition and observation of new samples of CSS and GPS sources; the polarimetric and variability properties of CSS and GPS sources; the extension of work at optical wavelengths; and observations in new wavelength regimes such as X-rays. High quality presentations and lively discussions were a feature of the meeting.

Tasso Tzioumis, showing how it is done.

Also of note was the location. Kerastari, in the Peloponese, was the childhood home of Dr Tasso Tzioumis of the ATNF, chair of the local organising committee and the driving force behind the meeting. The workshop will be remembered by the participants for the high quality of the science presented, the memorable location, and not least the hospitality and enthusiasm of the villagers of Kerastari. More information on the meeting can be found at http://www.atnf.csiro.au/people/atzioumi/gps_css/. The proceedings of the workshop will be published in the Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia (PASA).

Steven Tingay
Steven.Tingay@csiro.au