Low excitation structure of 10B probed by scattering of electrons and of 197 MeV polarized protons

Abstract Differential cross section and analyzing power data from 197 MeV ( p → , p ′ ) scattering and longitudinal and transverse form factors for electron scattering to low lying states in 10 B have been analyzed as tests of the structure of the nuclear states when they are described using a no-core ( 0 + 2 ) ℏ ω shell model. While the results obtained from the shell model clearly show the need of other elements, perhaps three-body forces, to explain the observed spectrum, the reasonable level of agreement obtained in the analyses of the scattering data suggest that the wave functions from our shell model with only a two-body potential are credible through the volume of the nucleus. Any changes to the wave functions with the introduction of additional terms in the shell model Hamiltonian, therefore should be relatively minor.