The effects of the short-range correlations on the form factor of elastic electron scattering have been calculated in the Born approximation for ${}_{}{}^{16}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{O}$ as an example. It turns out that in the high-momentum-transfer region it is essential to take into account the modifications of the nucleonic wave function for small internucleonic distances; the results indicate that from precise measurements details about the momentum exchange between bound nucleons can be deduced.

• Received 26 May 1969

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.23.174