title: Barrier-wave-internal-wave interference and airy minima in 16O16+O elastic scattering
abstract: Taking 16O+16O elastic scattering at 124 MeV as an example, we show that a barrier-wave-internal-wave decomposition of the elastic scattering amplitude provides valuable information on the light heavy-ion interaction and complements the more conventional nearside-farside decomposition. In particular, we show that the Airy minima present in the angular distributions are due to a barrier-wave-internal-wave interference mechanism, which sheds additional light on the exceptional transparency displayed by some light heavy-ion scattering systems. Extension of these ideas to other fields, like atomic and molecular collision physics, could prove rewarding.
authors.affiliation: Faculte des Sciences, Universite de Mons-Hainaut, B-7000 Mons, Belgium.
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Michel
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Brau
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Reidemeister
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ohkubo