SPECTRAL-FUNCTION OF MEDIUM-HEAVY NUCLEI AND ELECTRON-SCATTERING

We calculate the correlated part of the nuclear matter spectral functi on at various densities employing correlated basis function theory. Th e correlated part of the spectral function for finite nuclei is obtain ed from the nuclear matter results by using local density approximatio n, whereas the mean-field part is extracted from (e, e'p) scattering d ata. The resulting P(k, E) is used to study inclusive electron scatter ing at large q; the final state interaction effects are also treated i n local density approximation.