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The rupture of the original topology of toroidally nested flux surfaces needed to produce the island requires the reconnection of magnetic field lines, which can only occur with finite resistivity.
The rupture of the original topology of toroidally nested flux surfaces needed to produce the island requires the reconnection of magnetic field lines, which can only occur with finite resistivity.
<ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0029-5515/49/10/104025 F.L. Waelbroeck, ''Theory and observations of magnetic islands'', Nucl. Fusion 49 (2009) 104025]</ref>


== Transport effects ==
== Transport effects ==