A simple model for nuclear surface vibrations in permanently deformed nuclei does well in reporducing electron scattering cross sections of rotational levels built on a $K^{\pi }=0^{-}$ intrinsic octupole vibration in ${}_{}{}^{238}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{U}$.

• Received 16 November 1977

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.40.632