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This has the important consequence that a given volume of plasma contained within a flux tube ''remains'' inside the flux tube as it is advected, twisted, and stretched by the fluid flow. | This has the important consequence that a given volume of plasma contained within a flux tube ''remains'' inside the flux tube as it is advected, twisted, and stretched by the fluid flow. | ||
<ref | <ref>A. Dinklage, ''Plasma physics: confinement, transport and collective effects'', Vol. 670 of Lecture notes in physics, Springer (2005) ISBN 3540252746</ref> | ||
<ref | <ref>W.D. D'haeseleer et al, ''Flux coordinates and Magnetic Field Structure'', Springer-Verlag ISBN 3-540-52419-3</ref> | ||
This implies that the topology of the flux tube cannot change due to the fluid flow. | This implies that the topology of the flux tube cannot change due to the fluid flow. | ||
Stated differently, the magnetic flux contained in a volume element of the plasma is carried along unchanged as the element moves. | Stated differently, the magnetic flux contained in a volume element of the plasma is carried along unchanged as the element moves. | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
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