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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>A. Dinklage, ''Plasma physics: confinement, transport and collective effects'', Vol. 670 of Lecture notes in physics, Springer (2005) ISBN 3540252746</ref>
<ref>A. Dinklage, ''Plasma physics: confinement, transport and collective effects'', Vol. 670 of Lecture notes in physics, Springer (2005) {{ISBN|3540252746}}</ref>
<ref>W.D. D'haeseleer et al, ''Flux coordinates and Magnetic Field Structure'', Springer-Verlag ISBN 3-540-52419-3</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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