Momentum distributions in the nucleus

The power law falloff of the nuclear form factor $F\left(q\right)\mathrm{}$ and single particle momentum distribution $n\left(q\right)\mathrm{}$ for large $q$ are discussed. For $F\left(q\right)\mathrm{}$ we show that it is $\frac{q}{A}$ that must be large for the asymptotic form to be valid. In a one-dimensional model with $\delta$ function forces the form factor is shown to fall exponentially with $q$ if $q$ is large but $\frac{q}{A}$ is not. Similar behavior is suggested for $n\left(q\right)\mathrm{}$.