\contentsline {section}{\numberline {1}Introduction}{6}{section.1}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {2}Standard Hall A Facilities}{7}{section.2}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.1}Polarized $^3$He Target}{7}{subsection.2.1}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.2}BigBite Spectrometer}{9}{subsection.2.2}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.3}New Amplifier/Discriminator Cards for Multi-Wire Drift Chambers}{13}{subsection.2.3}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {3}General Hall Developments}{16}{section.3}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.1}The Compton Polarimeter Upgrade}{16}{subsection.3.1}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.2}Data Analysis}{24}{subsection.3.2}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.3}A New Concept for an Adiabatic Light Guide for Scintillator Counters}{28}{subsection.3.3}
\contentsline {paragraph}{Monte Carlo simulation.}{29}{section*.20}
\contentsline {paragraph}{Construction.}{29}{section*.21}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.4}RICH upgrade}{31}{subsection.3.4}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.5}12 GeV DAQ / Trigger Upgrade Plans}{33}{subsection.3.5}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {4}Summaries of Experimental Activities}{34}{section.4}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.1}Experiment E94-107}{34}{subsection.4.1}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.2}Experiment E97-110}{36}{subsection.4.2}
\contentsline {paragraph}{The experiment}{36}{section*.24}
\contentsline {paragraph}{Present state and outlook}{36}{section*.25}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.3}Experiment E00-102}{38}{subsection.4.3}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.4}Experiment E01-015}{44}{subsection.4.4}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.5}Experiment E02-013}{46}{subsection.4.5}
\contentsline {paragraph}{Target polarization.}{48}{section*.31}
\contentsline {paragraph}{Helicity information.}{48}{section*.32}
\contentsline {paragraph}{BigBite optics.}{49}{section*.33}
\contentsline {paragraph}{Neutron arm.}{49}{section*.34}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.6}Experiment E03-101}{55}{subsection.4.6}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.7}Experiment E03-104}{58}{subsection.4.7}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.8}Experiment E03-106}{61}{subsection.4.8}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.9}Experiment E04-018}{66}{subsection.4.9}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.10}Experiments E05-103 \& E05-004}{72}{subsection.4.10}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {4.10.1}E05-103}{72}{subsubsection.4.10.1}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {4.10.2}E05-004}{73}{subsubsection.4.10.2}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.11}Experiment E05-110}{76}{subsection.4.11}
\contentsline {paragraph}{Dry room and detector dismounting}{77}{section*.49}
\contentsline {paragraph}{Block polishing}{77}{section*.50}
\contentsline {paragraph}{Box mounting}{77}{section*.51}
\contentsline {paragraph}{Detector frame}{77}{section*.53}
\contentsline {paragraph}{Spectrometer lay-out}{78}{section*.54}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.12}Experiment E06-002}{83}{subsection.4.12}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.13}Experiment E06-007}{85}{subsection.4.13}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {5}Hall A Collaboration Member List}{92}{section.5}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {6}Publications}{98}{section.6}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {7}Theses}{99}{section.7}