Eur. Phys. J. A (2018) 54: 35
https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2018-12460-3

Regular Article - Experimental Physics

Quasielastic scattering of ¹⁷C from a carbon target at 40 MeV/nucleon

¹ Fundamental Science on Nuclear Safety and Simulation Technology Laboratory, Harbin Engineering University, 150001, Harbin, China
² School of Power Engineering, Chongqing University, 400715, Chongqing, China
³ School of Physical Science and Technology, Southwest University, 400044, Chongqing, China
⁴ Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 730000, Lanzhou, China

^* e-mail: songyushou80@163.com

Received: 22 October 2017
Accepted: 13 January 2018
Published online: 5 March 2018

Abstract

The quasielastic scattering angular distribution of ¹⁷C from a carbon target at 40MeV/nucleon was measured using the inverse kinematics method. The analysis of the experimental data was started using the optical model. The data were reproduced very well and the optical potential in the Woods-Saxon form was obtained. Within the framework of the coupled-channel method, the contribution from the inelastic channels to the experimental data is found significant at large angles. A systematic analysis of the elastic/quasielastic scattering of ^11-13,17C + ¹²C was performed as well. The present work indicates that ¹⁷C is a normal nucleus whose radius is not anomalously large.