Effective densities and polarizations of the targets for the GDH-experiments at MAMI and ELSA

An experimental program has been started at MAMI and ELSA to measure the integrand of the Gerasimov–Drell–Hearn sum rule (GDH) in a photon energy range starting from the pion threshold up to 2.9 GeV. A polarized target has been built, which is based on the frozen spin technique. Since the value of the nucleon polarization and the areal density of the target contribute directly to the result of the GDH-integral both quantities have to be determined with high accuracy.