Elastic Electron Scattering by <span class="aps-inline-formula"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mrow><msup><mrow><mi mathvariant="normal">Pb</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>208</mn></mrow></msup></mrow></math></span> And New Information About the Nuclear Charge Distribution

J. Heisenberg; R. Hofstadter; J. S. McCarthy; I. Sick; B. C. Clark; R. Herman; D. G. Ravenhall

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.23.1402

Elastic Electron Scattering by ${Pb}^{208}$ And New Information About the Nuclear Charge Distribution

J. Heisenberg, R. Hofstadter, J. S. McCarthy, I. Sick, B. C. Clark, R. Herman, and D. G. Ravenhall

Phys. Rev. Lett. 23, 1402 – Published 15 December 1969

Abstract

An analysis of electron-scattering experiments gives a nuclear charge distribution which (A) has a central depression of about 7%, (B) falls offf at the nuclear edge faster than the customarily used Fermi distributions, (C) has no detectable energy dependence, and (D) appears to have an undulation of rather small magnitude.