\contentsline {section}{\numberline {1}Introduction}{9}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {2}Standard Hall A Facilities}{10}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.1}BigBite Spectrometer}{10}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.2}Septum Magnets}{13}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {2.2.1}Overview}{13}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {2.2.2}Developments in 2003}{13}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.3}M{\o }ller Polarimeter}{14}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.4}The Hall A Compton Polarimeter}{15}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {2.4.1}Overview}{15}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {2.4.2}Helicity Timing}{15}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {2.4.3}Detectors}{15}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {2.4.4}Data Acquisition}{16}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {2.4.5}Control Software}{18}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {2.4.6}Recent Data}{18}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {2.4.7}Upgrade Plan}{19}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.5}Polarized $^3$He Target}{20}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.6}Beamline}{22}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {3}General Hall Developments}{23}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.1}Detector Developments}{23}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.1.1}The E02-013 ($G_E^n$) Experimental Setup}{23}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.1.2}Detectors for E00-110 (DVCS) and E03-106 (nDVCS)}{25}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.2}Preparations for Hall A Parity-Violation Experiments}{28}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.2.1}Polarized Source Development for Hall A PV Experiments}{28}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.2.2}Data Acquisition and Analysis}{31}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.2.3}Detector and Beam Monitors}{33}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.3}The Hall A RICH Detector}{35}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.3.1}Introduction}{35}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.3.2}Cosmic Test and System Improvements}{35}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.3.3}Conclusions}{37}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.4}High Resolution Trigger Counter S2m}{37}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.4.1}Signal Processing}{38}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.4.2}Results}{38}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.5}New Raster with No Dwell}{39}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.6}Offline Analysis Software}{40}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.6.1}The C++ Analyzer}{40}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.6.2}ESPACE}{45}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.7}DAQ in Single Arm Mode}{45}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {4}Summaries of Experimental Activities}{47}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.1}E89-044}{47}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.2}E91-011}{49}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.3}E93-050}{54}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.4}E97-103}{56}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.5}E97-110}{58}
\contentsline {paragraph}{The GDH sum rule at \( Q^{2}=0\)}{58}
\contentsline {paragraph}{The generalized GDH sum rule}{58}
\contentsline {paragraph}{The experiment}{59}
\contentsline {paragraph}{First run}{59}
\contentsline {paragraph}{Second run}{60}
\contentsline {paragraph}{Present state and outlook}{60}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.6}E97-111}{63}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.7}E98-108}{66}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.8}E99-114}{69}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.9}E00-007}{70}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.10}E00-102}{72}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.11}E01-001}{75}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {5}References}{79}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {6}Hall A Collaboration Member List}{82}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {7}Publications}{88}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {8}Theses}{89}