Abstract
Theoretical studies of the electro-excitation of light nuclei were carried out using a Woods-Saxon potential with spin-orbit coupling as an approximation to the nuclear self-consistent field. These calculations are expected to yield more realistic results at high momentum transfer than those given by conventional harmonic oscillator wave functions. A finite-range residual interaction was used with the Woods-Saxon potential in the particle-hole formalism to generate consistent wave functions for the excited states of closed shell or closed subshell nuclei. These were then used to calculate inelastic electron scattering form factors based on the Born approximation. Particular attention was given to the lowest octupole excitation of 16O, to the magnetic dipole state in 12C at 15.1 MeV, and to the giant resonance levels of both these nuclei. Comparison was made with the results of calculations performed using a harmonic oscillator potential and with experiment.
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