MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRON SCATTERING IN CARBON TO COMPARE WITH A MUON EXPERIMENT

A measurement of the inelastic scattering of high-energy electrons in carbon was carried out with the express purpose of obtaining an experimental cross section to compare with a recently-completed measurement of muon scattering. A scaling law which connects the electron result with the (higher-energy) muon result is described. Results for the summed (elastic plus all inelastic) cross section at two values of the muon scattering angle are presented. At the smaller angle (momentum transfer ~200 Mev/c) agreement with the theoretical (Drell- Schwartz) sum rule is good; at the larger one (~280 Mev/c) it is poorer but within the experimental and theoretical uncertainties. No muon scattering anomaly was observed. (auth)