$0^{+}$→$0^{\mathrm{-}}$ transitions by medium energy protons are studied in a relativistic impulse approximation treatment. We explicitly show the appearance of nonzero values for some spin observables, e.g., the analyzing power, which vanish in an equivalent nonrelativistic treatment. We compare our calculation with experiment and find qualitative agreement.

• Received 28 April 1986

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.35.675