FrontMatter -- Preface -- Acknowledgment of Reviewers -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Our Local Cosmic Laboratory -- 2 Creation and Annihilation of Magnetic Fields -- 3 Formation of Structures and Transients -- 4 Plasma Interactions -- 5 Explosive Energy Conversion -- 6 Energetic Particle Acceleration -- 7 Concluding Thoughts -- Appendixes -- A Statement of Task -- B Study Groups -- C Acronyms and Abbreviations.