Electron scattering and weak interactions

Electron scattering is one of the best tools at our disposal for probing nuclear structure. It can also be used to test the electroweak theory through the measurement of parity-violation (PV) experiments. The difficulty of these experiments is offset, in part, by the additional sensitivity of the measured asymmetries to spin effects and by the short range nature of the weak interactions. Thus, PV experiments with electrons may be especially sensitive to short-range correlations and quark effects. This paper will investigate the use of electron scattering to uncovered physical nuclear properties at various energies. 7 refs., 6 figs