
%0 Journal Article
%A Tassie, LJ 
%T Scattering of Alpha-particles by a Vibrational Nucleus
%J Australian Journal of Physics
%D 1962/06/01
%V 15
%N 2
%P 135-142
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/PH620135
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/PH620135 
%X The elastic and inelastic scattering of cx-particles by a vibrational nucleus is calculated using plane-wave Born approximation. The excitation of both single-phonon and twophonon states is considered. The effect of the diffuseness of the nuclear surface is included. The result for elastic scattering and the excitation of the single-phonon 2+ and 3- states is in good agreement with experiment for .oNi. The approximations used are discussed, and it is suggested that excitation of 0+, 1-, and 5- states should provide the best experimental test of the theory of two-phonon excitation of nuclei. The energies of the vibrational states are also considered. 
