Refractive elastic scattering of 16O by 12C at 300 MeV

Abstract The 16 O + 12 C elastic cross section at 300 MeV has been measured over a wide angular range, displaying the shoulder of a nuclear rainbow. The optical model analysis was done using a microscopic potential as well as phenomenological real potentials. The results of this study confirm the potential characteristics found in previous studies at higher and lower energies.