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Organizers: David Hosking, Philipp Kempski, Vinicius Duarte, Robert Ewart, Rajsekhar Mohapatra, Arno Vanthieghem, Muni Zhou, Matthew Kunz, Eliot Quataert, Anatoly Spitkovsky
In spite of its ubiquity in space and laboratory plasmas, particle transport in magnetized turbulent systems remains an outstanding multi-scale nonlinear problem. From the modeling of electromagnetic signatures of astrophysical compact objects to improved performances of modern fusion devices, the successful characterization of the dynamics and thermodynamics of these systems depends sensitively on the nature of particle transport in magnetized environments. The transport problem spans a wide range of energies: from the microphysical transport of thermal particles at viscous scales to their injection and acceleration into extended suprathermal distributions, which eventually feedback into the ambient thermal medium. This workshop proposes to study particle propagation and acceleration in a plasma whose natural equilibrium may be far from Maxwellian due to the rarity of Coulomb collisions. Notably, these topics are shared between laboratory plasma physics and fusion physics as well as astrophysics. However, studies of particle transport by the different communities have evolved somewhat independently over the past decades. This has resulted in differences in nomenclature and methods used to study similar problems. This workshop aims at bringing together experts from these communities to share state-of-the-art theories, numerical methods, and experimental approaches to particle transport, identify the most important remaining open questions, and develop a new pathway to improved multiscale modeling of particle transport.