Nuclear Fermi Momenta from Quasielastic Electron Scattering

E. J. Moniz, I. Sick, R. R. Whitney, J. R. Ficenec, R. D. Kephart, and W. P. Trower
Phys. Rev. Lett. 26, 445 – Published 22 February 1971
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Abstract

The cross sections for quasielastic electron scattering from nine target nuclei from lithium to lead have been measured for an electron incident energy of 500 MeV and a scattering angle of 60°. The data are interpreted in terms of a Fermi gas model, yielding the nuclear Fermi momentum as a function of atomic number. The Fermi momentum increases from lithium to calcium and remains roughly constant at about 260 MeVc from nickel to lead.

  • Received 12 January 1971

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.26.445

©1971 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

E. J. Moniz*

  • Institute of Theoretical Physics, Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305

I. Sick†,‡ and R. R. Whitney

  • High Energy Physics Laboratory and Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305

J. R. Ficenec§, R. D. Kephart§, and W. P. Trower§

  • Physics Department, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061

  • *Work supported in part by the U. S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research, under AFOSR Contract No. F44620-68-C-0075.
  • Present address: Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Saclay, B. P. No. 2, 91 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
  • Work supported in part by the National Science Foundation and Office of Naval Research under Contract No. Nonr 225(67).
  • §Work supported in part by a grant from the Petroleum Research Fund of the American Chemical Society.

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Vol. 26, Iss. 8 — 22 February 1971

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