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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 == |