Cluster Folding and Coupled-Channels Analysis of 16O + 16O Elastic and Inelastic Scattering

Abstract

The data of elastic and inelastic 16O + 16O scattering to the lowest 0+, 2+, and 3− excitation channels of 16O in the energy range of 250–1,120 MeV is reanalyzed using the derived double folding cluster (DFC1) potential in the framework of the coupled-channels (CC) mechanism. The potential provides a very good agreement with the experimental data for the elastic and inelastic scattering angular distribution. Furthermore, the deduced deformation length and quadrupole and octupole deformation parameter are quite consistent with the corresponding electromagnetic measurements.