Registry · Definition
V.D286
tau-effective
formalized
V.D286 — Poloidal Flux Integral
Poloidal magnetic flux through the torus hole: integral of B through disk bounded by major S¹. Topologically protected in ideal MHD (non-contractible cycle, H_1(T²) ≅ Z²). No S² analogue.
Book V
Part 5
Ch. 40