A clustered H2 beam

This chapter discusses the construction of a clustered H2 beam to obtain -pp interactions using the p beam produced in A.A. and stored via P.S. in ring 2 of ISR in order to perform an experimental study of charmonium states (experiment R 704 at the CERN ISR). Topics covered include the choice of the nozzle, the H2 injection circuit, the pumping system, measurement and controls, and actual status. A luminosity of 1031 cm-2 sec-1 can be achieved using a circulating beam of 3x1011-p and a target of H2 1.75x10-10 g/cm2 thick. The use of converging-diverging nozzles is effective for the production of very intense beams of clusters of H2 molecules. Differential pumping stages are needed to keep the pressure in the ISR ring down to acceptable values for the operation of the machine (pumping system of the ISR, beam lifetime, signal to noise ratio)