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The interaction of neighbouring island chains causes the magnetic field to become stochastic (according to the Chirikov criterion <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0370-1573(79)90023-1 B.V. Chirikov, ''A universal instability of many-dimensional oscillator systems'', Phys. Rep. '''52''', Issue 5 (1979) 263]</ref>), resulting in enhanced (anomalous) radial transport. | The interaction of neighbouring island chains causes the magnetic field to become stochastic (according to the Chirikov criterion <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0370-1573(79)90023-1 B.V. Chirikov, ''A universal instability of many-dimensional oscillator systems'', Phys. Rep. '''52''', Issue 5 (1979) 263]</ref>), resulting in enhanced (anomalous) radial transport. | ||
<ref>C.W. Horton, Y.H. Ichikawa, ''Chaos and structures in nonlinear plasmas'', World Scientific, 1996 ISBN 9789810226367</ref> | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||