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In the context of magnetic confinement fusion, the basic magnetic field configuration consists of toroidally nested [[Flux surface|flux surfaces]], while each flux surface is characterised by a certain value of the [[Magnetic shear|magnetic shear]]. Magnetic islands can appear at flux surfaces with a rational value of the safety factor ''q = m/n''.
In the context of magnetic confinement fusion, the basic magnetic field configuration consists of toroidally nested [[Flux surface|flux surfaces]], while each flux surface is characterised by a certain value of the [[Magnetic shear|magnetic shear]]. Magnetic islands can appear at flux surfaces with a rational value of the safety factor ''q = m/n''.
<ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/anphys:2004001 J.H. Misguich, J.-D. Reuss, D. Constantinescu, G. Steinbrecher, M. Vlad, F. Spineanu, B. Weyssow, R. Balescu, ''Noble internal transport barriers and radial subdiffusion of toroidal magnetic lines'', Ann. Phys. Fr. ''28'' (2003) 1]</ref>
<ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/anphys:2004001 J.H. Misguich, J.-D. Reuss, D. Constantinescu, G. Steinbrecher, M. Vlad, F. Spineanu, B. Weyssow, R. Balescu, ''Noble internal transport barriers and radial subdiffusion of toroidal magnetic lines'', Ann. Phys. Fr. ''28'' (2003) 1]</ref>
== Birth ==
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.
== Transport effects ==
It is generally assumed that the temperature is rapidly equilibrated along the magnetic field lines inside the island, so that radial transport is effectively short-circuited across the islands, decreasing the effective size of the main plasma.
<ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0029-5515/39/12/302 ITER Physics Expert Group on Confinement and Transport et al, ''Chapter 2: Plasma confinement and transport'', Nucl. Fusion '''39''' (1999) 2175-2249 ]</ref>
However, is is possible to qualify this statement somewhat by taking into account the ratio between parallel and parpendicular transport within an island.
<ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0029-5515/33/8/I03 B.Ph. van Milligen, A.C.A.P. van Lammeren, N.J. Lopes Cardozo, F.C. Schüller, and M. Verreck, ''Gradients of electron temperature and density across m=2 islands in RTP'', Nucl. Fusion '''33''' (1993) 1119]</ref>


== References ==
== References ==
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