Electron-nucleus elastic scattering is calculated by means of the multiple scattering series of Glauber theory and by means of the eikonal approximation applied to a nuclear charge distribution. The differences between the resulting cross sections are examined for a wide variety of nuclei and over a large range of momentum transfers.

• Received 12 December 1985

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.33.1120