title: Imaging motional Stark effect measurements at ASDEX Upgrade.
abstract: This paper presents an overview of results from the Imaging Motional Stark Effect (IMSE) diagnostic obtained during its first measurement campaign at ASDEX Upgrade since installation as a permanent diagnostic. A brief overview of the IMSE technique is given, followed by measurements of a standard H-mode discharge, which are compared to equilibrium reconstructions showing good agreement where expected. The development of special discharges for the calibration of pitch angle is reported and safety factor profile changes during sawteeth crashes are shown, which can be resolved to a few percent due to the high sensitivity at good time resolution of the new IMSE system.
authors.affiliation: Max-Planck Institut für Plasmaphysik, Greifswald/Garching, Germany.
authors.forename: O P
authors.initials: OP
authors.lastname: Ford
authors.affiliation: Max-Planck Institut für Plasmaphysik, Greifswald/Garching, Germany.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Burckhart
authors.affiliation: Max-Planck Institut für Plasmaphysik, Greifswald/Garching, Germany.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: McDermott
authors.affiliation: Max-Planck Institut für Plasmaphysik, Greifswald/Garching, Germany.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pütterich
authors.affiliation: Max-Planck Institut für Plasmaphysik, Greifswald/Garching, Germany.
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Wolf
authors.affiliation: Max-Planck Institut für Plasmaphysik, Greifswald/Garching, Germany.