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== Island birth == | == Island birth == | ||
The rupture of the | The rupture of the assumed initial 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> | ||