Elastic scattering and total reaction cross sections for 8Li+12C

Full text: The elastic scattering angular distribution for 8Li on 12C has been measured at ELAB= 23.9 MeV with 8Li radioactive nuclear beam produced by the Radioactive Ion Beams in Brazil facility (RIBRAS). This angular distribution was analysed in terms of optical model with Woods-Saxon and double-folding Sao Paulo potentials. The roles of the breakup and inelastic channels were also investigated with cluster folding and deformed potentials, respectively, through coupled channels calculations. The angular distributions for the proton-transfer 12C(8Li,9Be)11B reaction was also measured at the same energy, simultaneously with the elastic scattering. The spectroscopic factor for the <9Be I 8Li+p> bound system was obtained through DWBA (Distorted-Wave Born Approximation) calculations with the code Fresco, and compared with shell model calculations and other experimental values. The spectroscopic factor obtained was used for normalization of the capture reaction cross section 8Li(p, gamma)9Begs. The depth of the scattered potential obtained was 40,1 +- 1,6 MeV. The astrophysical S-factor curves and the reaction rate for the capture reaction 8Li(p,gamma)9Begs were calculated. Total reaction cross sections for the present system were also extracted from the elastic scattering analysis. A systematic of the reduced reaction cross section obtained from the present and published data on 6;7;8Li isotopes on 12C was performed as a function of energy. (author)