An “incomplete sample” of CSSs observed with the VLA

A sample of 26 Compact Steep Spectrum sources selected from the original list drawn up by Dallacasa & Stanghellini (1990) have been observed with the VLA A-array at X, U, and K bands. Images have been produced in both total intensity and polarisation at four widely-spaced frequencies with the aim of deriving linear polarisation parameters. We present preliminary polarisation results on source fractional polarisation and electric vector angle at X and U bands. These new information will be completed with available archive data in order to perform a polarimetric analysis of a complete CSS sample (© 2009 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)