Magnetic electron scattering and valence nucleon radial wave functions

Cross sections have been measured for elastic electron scattering from the magnetization distributions of 49Ti, 51V, 59Co, 87Sr, 93Nb, and 209Bi. Particular emphasis has been placed on the multipole distribution of the highest order possible, which dominates the magnetic form factor at momentum transfer values q between 1.7 and 3.0 fm-1. The data for the 1f/sub 7/2/ shell nuclei 49Ti, 51V and for the 1g/sub 9/2/ shell nuclei 87Sr, 93Nb are interpreted in terms of occupation probability and radial extension of the odd proton or neutron wave function. An accuracy of 1% is obtained for the valence orbit rms radii for both protons and neutrons. Corrections due to two-body magnetization currents and core polarization effects are investigated and found to be small. A detailed comparison of the experimental results with different types of density-dependent Hartree-Fock calculations is made in both momentum space and configuration space. It is found that the best available theory predicts the rms valence radii to within 2%. Comparisons are made between the present results and information on radial wave functions obtained from isotone shifts, proton scattering, and transfer reactions