Pion elastic and inelastic scattering fromV51at 180 MeV

Differential cross sections were measured for pion elastic and inelastic scattering from /sup 51/V at T/sub / = 180 MeV. Elastic scattering data were analyzed using a standard Kisslinger potential. Inelastic scattering data were analyzed using distorted-wave impulse-approximation calculations with collective-model transition densities. Ground-state neutron-density parameters and matrix elements for some of the transitions were extracted.