The targets used in this experiment are listed in table 
.
Table: Targets used in experiments E385 and E387.
The targets of primary interest were the 
and 
targets. The 
was a natural isotope of carbon which is
98.89% 
. The experimental results for deuterium
(
or D)
are obtained by performing a cross section weighted subtraction of
the 
result from the 
results. The
, or deuterated polyethylene, had a total of
of gold (Au) evaporated on it in order
to moderate target heating due to the beam in what is essentially a plastic
target.
Even with that measure taken the beam current was limited to 150 nA on the
targets to keep it from being destroyed.
The other targets served a variety of other purposes. The scintillator was
used when tuning the beam to guarantee the protons were centered on the
targets. The 
was used for calibrating the neutron polarimeter
which will be discussed further in Chapter . The
was used for
normalization of cross section measurements which were not part of the
analysis presented in this dissertation.
The various discrete states in 
are
used to calibrate the relative time-of-flight of the neutrons.
The dump magnet shown in figure has a vertical magnetic field
and is used to sweep away protons
which do not interact with the target. The beam is swept into a beam dump
which contains a faraday cup. This faraday cup collects and measures
the integrated charge from the proton beam so that the total amount of beam
hitting the target is known.