Abstract
Alfven Eigenmodes (AEs) and other magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) phenomena have been studied at the Joint European Torus (JET) using a new 8-channel, 4 s, 1 MHz, 12-bit data acquisition system KC1F in conjunction with the JET fast Mirnov magnetic fluctuation pickup coils. The JET magnetic pickup coils were calibrated for the first time in the range 30-460 kHz using a new remote calibration technique which accounts for the presence of the first few LRC circuit resonances. A data-processing system has been developed within the MATLAB software environment to produce spectrograms of fluctuation amplitude and toroidal mode number versus frequency and time. The analysis software has been automated to allow routine overnight production of spectrogram web pages. Modes with amplitudes {delta}B/B {ge} 10{sup -8} and toroidal mode numbers |n| < 32 are now routinely detected. A pulse-characterization database has also been developed to select for the analysis of various useful subsets of the 4000+ JET discharges for which KC1F data is now available. Based on the work presented here and recent advances in data-acquisition technology, it should now be possible to obtain complete diagnostic data on the AEs.
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