INELASTIC ELECTRON SCATTERING FROM 3.56 MEV EXCITED STATE OF 6LI

The form factor for the excitation of the 3.56 MeV level in 6Li has been measured using the 140 MeV Saskatchewan electron linear accelerator. A simple analysis of the data using shell-model harmonic oscillator wave functions indicates that the harmonic oscillator parameter of the p-shell nucleons in 6Li must be substantially larger than that of the s-shell nucleons. A large discrepancy between the present results and those of Bernheim and Bishop is due to problems in analysis of their data caused by the presence of a large continuous cross section underlying at least the first two excited states of 6Li. © 1968.