Model independent analysis

==Introduction==

It is not viable to
perform a completely model-independent analysis in that models extrapolate
from the set of measured
<math>E\lambda</math>
matrix elements to estimate other matrix elements that are insensitive to the
data set but play a weak role in the Coulomb excitation process, for example
the influence of virtual excitation of the highest spin states or of
excited-state static electric quadrupole moments.

Refer to the page on [[Model_dependent_analysis | model-dependent analysis]] for more information.