Inelastic Scattering of 500-Mev Electrons fromLi6andLi7

Abstract

500-Mev electrons have been scattered from enriched ${\mathrm{Li}}^6$ and ordinary Li (92.5% ${\mathrm{Li}}^7$) between scattering angles of 60° and 135° in the laboratory system. The cross section integrated over the inelastic continuum at these large momentum transfers has been compared with the free-proton cross section at the corresponding angles. The results when compared with those obtained for other light nuclei may be used to yield some insight as to the extent to which the scattering from the individual nucleons can be considered as incoherent.