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Physics Letters B

Volume 173, Issue 4, 19 June 1986, Pages 377-381
Physics Letters B

The Coulomb sum for electron scattering in the relativistic random phase approximation

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Abstract

The Coulomb sum value for electron scattering is estimated using the relativistic random phase approximation (RPA) in the field theory for nuclear matter. RPA correlations due to σ-, ω- and ϱ-meson exchanges reduce the sum value of the relativistic Hartree approximation by about 15–20%.

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