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(good curvature) and unstable otherwise (bad curvature). Here, ''p'' is the pressure.
(good curvature) and unstable otherwise (bad curvature). Here, ''p'' is the pressure.
<ref>[http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/RevModPhys.76.1071 A.H. Boozer, ''Physics of magnetized plasmas'', Rev. Mod. Phys. '''76'' (2004) 1071]</ref>
<ref>[http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/RevModPhys.76.1071 A.H. Boozer, ''Physics of magnetized plasmas'', Rev. Mod. Phys. '''76''' (2004) 1071]</ref>


== References ==
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