Effect of Finite Nuclear Size on the Elastic Scattering of Electrons

Abstract

The effect of the finite size of the nucleus on the elastic scattering of electrons with energies in the neighborhood of 20 Mev has been calculated for two simple spherical nuclear models: a uniform charge distribution, and a uniform shell charge distribution, both of radius $R=4.15\mathrm{}\times {10}^{-13\mathrm{}}{A}^{\frac{1}{3}}$ cm. An exact phase shift analysis has been made, the phase shifts differing appreciably from those for a point nucleus only in the $j=\frac{1}{2}$ state.