https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/s10050-021-00347-5
Regular Article – Theoretical Physics
Alpha-induced inelastic scattering and alpha-transfer reactions in 
C and 
O within the Algebraic Cluster Model
1
Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia “Galileo Galilei”, Università di Padova, Padova, Italy
2
INFN Sezione di Padova, Padova, Italy
3
INFN Sezione di Catania, Catania, Italy
4
Dipartimento di Fisica e di Astronomia “Ettore Majorana”, Università di Catania, Catania, Italy
Received:
28
November
2020
Accepted:
30
December
2020
Published online:
20
January
2021
The molecular algebraic model based on three and four alpha clusters is used to describe the inelastic scattering of alpha particles populating low-lying states in C and O. Optical potentials and inelastic formfactors are obtained by folding densities and transition densities obtained within the molecular model. One-step and multi-step processes can be included in the reaction mechanism calculation. In spite of the simplicity of the approach the molecular model with rotations and vibrations provides a reliable description of reactions where 
-cluster degrees of freedom are involved and good results are obtained for the excitation of several low-lying states. Within the same model we briefly discuss the expected selection rules for the -transfer reactions from C and O.
This contribution is dedicated to the memory of Mahir Hussein, an exceptional scientist but in primis a good friend.
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