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The fully relaxed magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equilibrium is obtained by imposing nonideal MHD perturbations constrained by the total plasma current. The minimum energy state governed by Δ*ψ+CF exp(ψ/λ)+CpR2 exp(5ψ/4λ) =0 reveals properties of profile consistency, bifurcated solutions, and a loss of equilibrium condition. It predicts the transport coefficient peaked at the plasma edge and a unique current profile for given q0 and ql.

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The perpendicular heating in cyclotron waves tends to pile up the resonant particles toward the low magnetic field sidejvith their banana tips localized to the resonant surface. A poloidal electric field with an E x B drift comparable to the ion vertical drift in a toroidal magnetic field may result. With the assumption of anomalous electron and neoclassical ion transport, density variations due to wave heating are discussed.