Measurement of neutron elastic scattering cross sections for {sup 12}C, {sup 40}Ca, and {sup 208}Pb at energies from 65 to 225 MeV

Differential neutron elastic scattering cross sections for {sup 12}C, {sup 40}Ca, and {sup 208}Pb have been measured using the continuum neutron source at the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center. The mean incident neutron kinetic energies ranged from 65 to 225 MeV. The large acceptance drift chamber based (n,p) recoil detector telescope spanned a center-of-mass angular range of 7 deg. to 23 deg. The measured cross sections are compared with calculations obtained with different optical model potentials, including predictions based on microscopic theory and phenomenology.