NATURAL ORBITALS AND ELECTRON ELASTIC MAGNETIC SCATTERING BY NUCLEI

Natural orbitals obtained within the coherent density fluctuation mode l and containing nucleon correlation effects are used to calculate cha racteristics of the A-nucleon system, such as the electron elastic mag netic scattering form factors. The calculations are performed for nucl ei with a doubly-closed core and a valence nucleon in a stretched conf iguration (j = l + 1/2), such as the O-17 and Ca-41 nuclei. It is show n that the calculations of the transverse form factor using natural or bitals improve the agreement with the experimental data in comparison with the case when shell-model single-particle wave functions are used .