Effect of Inelastic Excitation on Elastic Scattering of Heavy Ions

21 February 1977

journal article
research article
Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters

Vol. 38 (8), 384-386
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.38.384

Abstract

The elastic-scattering angular distribution of 90-MeV

{}^{18}O

{}^{184}W

exhibits a dramatic deviation from the typical Fresnel shape, which cannot be reproduced by standard optical-model calculations. The effect, a decrease in the elastic cross section below the Rutherford cross section even at forward angles, is due primarily to Coulomb excitation, and will be even more pronounced for heavier projectiles.

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