Current densities in the projected Hartree-Fock approach. II. Transverse form factors

Collective and single-particle contributions to transverse form factors of rotational nuclei have been computed in the projected Hartree-Fock approach using the density matrix expansion effective Hamiltonian. Results on several odd-$A$ rare earth nuclei (${}_{}{}^{181}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{Ta}$, ${}_{}{}^{165}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{Ho}$, ${}_{}{}^{159}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{Tb}$) are presented and compared to the available experimental data. Theoretical predictions for transverse electric form factors of ${}_{}{}^{166}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{Er}$ are also presented. A comparison is made of the resulting form factors as $q\to 0$ with those extracted from measured transition probabilities $B\left(E\right(M)\mathrm{}\lambda ; I_i\to I_f)$.