Abstract
Inelastic O-16 + O-16 scattering at Elab = 250, 350, 704, and 1120 MeV for the transitions to the lowest 2(+) and 3(-) states in the O-16 nucleus have been analyzed within the coupled-channels mechanism by using the semimicroscopic optical potential and inelastic form factor given by the phenomenological squared Woods-Saxon potential, the full cluster potential, and the M3Y NN effective interaction without density dependence. The obtained real potentials, in conjunction with the phenomenological squared Woods-Saxon imaginary potential, provide a satisfactory agreement with the experimental data for the elastic- and inelastic-scattering angular distributions. The deformation length and the intrinsic quadrupole (Q(20)) and octupole (Q(30)) moment values were extracted and were compared with the electromagnetic measurement values and those obtained from previous studies.