TY - JOUR A1 - Toepffer, Christian A1 - Greiner, Walter T1 - Higher-order effects in electron-nucleus scattering T2 - Physical review N2 - Higher-order effects are calculated in the framework of the eigenchannel theory for elastic and inelastic electron-nucleus scattering in the energy region 100≤E≤250 MeV. A dispersion effect of about 12% is found for the elastic scattering on Ni58 at a momentum transfer q≈500 MeV/c. For inelastic scattering, the reorientation effect is discussed, in addition to the dispersion effect. The total higher-order effect changes the form factor for a hindered first-order transition by 50% at its minima. Furthermore, the dependence of the higher-order effects on the transition potentials of the virtual excitations, the model dependence, and the dependence on the energy E of the electron and the momentum transfer q are discussed. A closed formula for the S matrix is developed by calculating the eigenchannels in stationary perturbation theory. Y1 - 2006 UR - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/2539 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-28664 UR - http://link.aps.org/abstract/PR/v186/p1044 VL - 186 IS - 4 SP - 1044 EP - 1059 ER -