Improvement of voltage holding capability toward JT-60SA ion source

Kojima, Atsushi; Shimizu, Tatsuo; Akino, Noboru; Hanada, Masaya; Yamano, Yasushi*; Kobayashi, Shinichi*; JT-60NBI Group

Production of 500 keV, 3 A beams has been successfully achieved in the JT-60 negative by overcoming the low voltage holding of the accelerator. Toward the design of next ion source, we need to have database for the voltage holding capability based on experimental results. Up to now, voltage holding tests were carried out in terms of local electric field and surface area on large acceleration grids. This time, because outgas from FRP insulators has a possibility to affect the voltage holding of the acceleration grids, insulators made of low outgas epoxy was tested. As a result, because low outgas epoxy has small deviation of breakdown voltages, stable sustainment with 1.6 times higher voltage was attained than general epoxy insulators.