Transport of Cosmic Rays in the Universe

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To explore the interaction between energetic particles and magnetized plasmas is important in astrophysics and space science. Plasmas can be found everywhere in the universe ranging from the solar wind plasma to the interstellar and extragalactic medium. Electrically charged particles, such as cosmic rays, experience scattering if moving through the plasma due to the interaction with turbulent magnetic fields. Therefore, the particles move diffusively and a simple calculation of particle trajectories is no longer possible. Understanding the diffusion process is relevant in order to understand the propagation but also diffusive shock acceleration of cosmic rays. The latter mechanism is responsible for the creation of cosmic particles and it was mentioned in the literature that to understand the origin of cosmic rays is one of the most important problems in the physics of the 21st century.