Abstract
Differential cross sections and polarizations for the elastic scattering of protons by oxygen at bombarding energies between 8.66 and 19.2 MeV have been analyzed using the diffuse-surface optical model of the nucleus. The best fits to the experimental data were obtained by a least-squares procedure. Excellent fits to the experimental differential cross sections were obtained over almost the entire region, although resonance structures in the cross sections required a rapid variation of the parameters with energy. The presence of a thin absorptive shell and small volume absorption is the outstanding feature of the optical potential. A Thomas spin-orbit term did not satisfactorily reproduce the experimental polarizations.
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