Cretan Stars

Anogia, 1–3 November 2025

Scope:

The workshop focuses on general relativistic descriptions of ponderable matter, and explores how different configurations of matter interact with the geometry of space-time. Kinetic matter models have given insights into the dynamics of galaxies, and relativistic fluid models are relevant both for the evolution of compact objects, such as a neutron stars, and the formation of large-scale structures in cosmology. The workshop discusses both current mathematical challenges, and observational aspects.

The event will take place at the conference center in Anogia. Everyone is welcome to attend the activities without registration.


Speakers:

Håkan Andreasson (University of Gothenburg)
John Antoniadis (University of Crete)
Louie Bernhardt (University of Melbourne)
David Fajman (University of Vienna)
Ericka Florio (University of Cambridge)
Chryssi Koukouraki (University of Crete)
Elliot Marshall (Monash University)
David Maxwell (University of Alaska)
Vasiliki Pavlidou (University of Crete)
Volker Schlue (University of Melbourne)


Organizers:

Grigorios Fournodavlos (University of Crete)
Konstantinos Tassis (University of Crete)
Volker Schlue (University of Melbourne) 		poster-stars

Program:

Friday, October 31
Arrival
Saturday, November 1
09:30-10:30  David Maxwell: Einstein-Fluid Initial Data
10:30-11:00  Break
11:00-12:00  Volker Schlue: Crystalline Crusts: From neutron stars to charged elastic bodies
12:00-12:30  Break
12:30-13:30  Vasiliki Pavlidou: Cosmology on the largest non expanding scales
13:30-15:00  Break
15:00-16:00  Ericka Florio: Towards a primordial bispectrum estimate from cosmological numerical relativity

16:30-18:30  Visit to the Skinakas Observatory

Sunday, November 2
09:30-10:30  Håkan Andreasson: The weak cosmic censorship conjecture and the Hoop conjecture for the Einstein-Vlasov system
10:30-11:00  Break
11:00-12:00  John Antoniadis: Past present and future of low-frequency gravitational wave astronomy
12:00-12:30  Break
12:30-13:30  Chryssi Koukouraki: A non-Hermitian formulation of MHD waves
Monday, November 3
09:30-10:30  David Fajman: Fluid dynamics in expanding spacetimes
10:30-11:00  Break
11:00-12:00  Louie Bernhardt: Stability of cosmological spacetimes undergoing decelerated expansion.
12:00-12:30  Break
12:30-13:30  Elliot Marshall: Tilted Fluids in Cosmology
Tuesday, November 4
Departure

Directions:

If you are arriving by car, the village of Anogia is located in the prefecture of Rethymno, close to the border with the prefecture of Heraklion.

There are buses departing every day from the main bus station in Heraklion to Anogia (Friday Oct. 31: 06:50, 12:00, 14:30, 21:00; Saturday Nov. 1: 09:00, 16:00).

Funding:

ERC starting grant 2022, under the European Union's Horizon Europe program for research and innovation, project 101078061 SINGinGR. 		logo-ERC

Administrative Support:

Foundation of Research and Technology - Institute of Applied and Computational Mathematics (FORTH - IACM). 		logo-iacm