On the radial distribution of the proton orbit

Abstract Cross sections for magnetic elastic electron scattering of high multipolarity from 51 V and 59 Co have been measured. They are interpreted in terms of the rms radius of the 1f 7 2 proton orbit. The results for 51 V and 59 Co 1f 7 2 rms radii are smaller by 3% and 9%, respectively, than predicted by the Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov theory.