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small on the high field side around

**Figure 10.** Plot of 1 0.2( / ) cos 2 / 0.1 *<sup>r</sup> E rR*

(dashed-dotted curve). At time *t*=500.

/ 2 (broken curve) and

 

curve), 

**4. Conclusion** 

presented in Fig.(6). This radial oscillation is negligible around 0

 

**Figure 11.** Plot of the total poloidal current 1 0.2 ( / )cos 2 / 0.1 *ir i nE P r R*

effect of a large ratio of the ions' gyroradius to the Debye length / *i De*

   for 

0 (full curve),

, as previously discussed for *E*

 and / 2 

in Fig.(6).

/ 2 (broken curve) and

 for 0 (full

(equal to 20 in the

 

(dashed-dotted curve). At time *t*=500.

We have presented in this work the self-consistent kinetic solution for the problem of the generation of a charge separation and an electric field at a plasma edge, under the combined

simulation we have presented) and a steep density gradient, when the electrons which are

  , and is

Magdi Shoucri *Institut de Recherche Hydro-Québec (IREQ), Varennes, Québec, Canada* 
