title: Nonlinear saturation of tearing mode islands.
abstract: New, rigorous results for the tearing island saturation problem are presented. These results are valid for the realistic case where the magnetic island structure is non-symmetric about the reconnection surface and the electron temperature, on which the electrical resistivity depends, is evolved self-consistently with the island growth.
authors.affiliation: Burning Plasma Research Group, Dipartimento di Energetica, Politecnico di Torino, 10129 Turin, Italy.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Hastie
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Militello
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Porcelli