Elastic and inelastic scattering of ${}_{}{}^{16}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{O}$${+}^{64}$Zn at near-barrier energies

Elastic and inelastic scattering angular distributions were measured for the ${}_{}{}^{16}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{O}$${+}^{64}$Zn reaction at bombarding energies close to the Coulomb barrier. The experimental data were analyzed within the optical model and coupled-channel model. An extended dispersion relation of integral quantities using a Gaussian weight was applied, instead of the normal relationship. Within this frame, the optical model parameters obtained from the data are in agreement with the dispersion relation and show the threshold anomaly at energies close to the Coulomb barrier. Analysis of the inelastic scattering angular distributions leads to some indications that an inelastic threshold anomaly is beginning to develop at energies lower than the ones for which our data were taken. © 1996 The American Physical Society.