7Li-7Li elastic and inelastic scattering at Elab=8–17 MeV
Elastic and inelastic scattering in the system7Li+7Li was investigated experimentally in the energy range of Elab=8–17 MeV applying the method of kinematic coincidence. Sizeable cross sections were observed in the whole energy range for inelastic excitation of a single7Li nucleus to its first excited state atE*=0.47761 MeV as well as for mutual excitation of both nuclei. Systematic optical model and both one-step and two-step DWBA calculations were performed with the aim of describing in a consistent manner all three channels studied. This was achieved with optical model potentials fitted simultaneously to all elastic scattering data. They were then used to generate form factors for both single and mutual inelastic scattering as well as distorted waves for DWBA description of inelastic scattering considering the same deformation length for all form factors. Potential parameters derived show, despite these constraints, a continuous ambiguity in case of volume absorption while those with surface absorption can be grouped in six distinct families each of them featuring continuous ambiguities. The impact of real and imaginary form factors on single inelastic excitation is reversed for potentials with volume and surface absorption, while mutual excitation is dominated by imaginary form factors.