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The interaction of neighbouring island chains causes the magnetic field to become stochastic (according to the Chirikov criterion <ref>B.V. Chirikov, ''A universal instability of many-dimensional oscillator systems'', [[doi:10.1016/0370-1573(79)90023-1|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>B.V. Chirikov, ''A universal instability of many-dimensional oscillator systems'', [[doi:10.1016/0370-1573(79)90023-1|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>
<ref>C.W. Horton, Y.H. Ichikawa, ''Chaos and structures in nonlinear plasmas'', World Scientific, 1996 {{ISBN|9789810226367}}</ref>


== Island control ==
== Island control ==

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