An investigation of the 16O + 16O elastic scattering by using alpha-alpha double folding potential in optical model formalism

In this paper, a simultaneous analysis of the elastic scattering data of the 16O+16O system for the energy range 5-10 MeV/nucleon is performed theoretically within the framework of the optical model formalism, by using the ?-? double folding cluster potential. The ?-? double folding cluster potential is evaluated by using the ?-cluster distribution densities in the usual nucleon-nucleon double folding process with an effective ?-? interaction potential. The results of the ?-? double folding cluster potential analysis are compared with the findings of the phenomenological Woods-Saxon squared and nucleon-nucleon double folding potentials. All potentials have exhibited a very good agreement with the experimental measurements for the elastic scattering angular distributions. Furthermore, it is shown that, the ?-? double folding cluster potential and nucleon-nucleon double folding potential calculations provide very consistent results with each other. Thus, the 16O+16O system has been described by optical potentials having a deep real potential part and a weak absorptive imaginary potential part. © World Scientific Publishing Company