Programme

The workshop will start on Monday, April 22 at 9:00 and end on Friday, April 26 at noon.

The themes are:

Theme 1: What is the nature of the waves and fluctuations at electron scales in astrophysical plasmas?

Stage-setting speakers: Robert Wicks (Robert.wicks@northumbria.ac.uk) and Anton Artemyev (aartemyev@igpp.ucla.edu)

Chairs: Julia Stawarz and Kris Klein

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Theme 2: How are electrons heated and accelerated in astrophysical plasmas?

Stage-setting speakers: Steve Schwartz (s.schwartz@imperial.ac.uk) and Gianfranco Brunetti (gianfranco.brunetti@inaf.it)

Chairs: Oreste Pezzi and Rumi Nakamura

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Theme 3: What processes determine electron heat conduction in astrophysical plasmas?

Stage-setting speakers: Mario Riquelme (marioriquelme@uchile.cl) and Maria Elena Innocenti (mariaelena.innocenti@ruhr-uni-bochum.de)

Chairs: Aurora Simionescu and Daniel Verscharen

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The programme includes a visit to the Swiss Plasma Center (EPFL, Lausanne) on Tuesday afternoon. This laboratory operates a tokamak as well as several devices for fundamental plasma research.

Detailed programme (as of April 20) : detailed_programme

Programme in a glance (as of April 19)