An Approximate Method for Calculation of Coulomb Distortion in Electron Scattering by use of Partial Wave Expansions

I will present a new approach to calculations of electron scattering reactions that include Coulomb Distortion by numerically solving for the relativistic radial wave functions for a simple nuclear charge distribution and setting the normalization and phase by comparison to Bessel functions in a plane wave expansion outside of the nucleus. Calculations for a surface nuclear transition density will be discussed and its implications for calculations of cross sections for inelastic scattering around 400 MeV that include Coulomb Distortion.