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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> | <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> | ||
== Island growth and saturation == | |||
The prediction of the non-linear saturated state of islands is the goal of [[Neoclassical transport|Neoclassical]] Tearing Mode (NTM) theory. | |||
This theory has been developed to a considerable level of sophistication, although discrepancies with experimental observations remain. | |||
<ref>[http://link.aip.org/link/?PHPAEN/12/080703/1 H. Lütjens and J.-F. Luciani, ''Saturation levels of neoclassical tearing modes in International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor plasmas'', | |||
Phys. Plasmas '''12''' (2005) 080703]</ref> | |||
== Island rotation == | == Island rotation == | ||