Nuclear reorientation effects for the 26Mg, 28Si(12C, 12C′) reactions at E = 41 MeV

Angular distributions for elastic and inelastic scattering of 41 MeV ¹²C from ²⁶Mg and ²⁸Si have been measured. Corresponding angular distributions from coupled-channels calculations show significant differences depending on whether a prolate or an oblate intrinsic shape is assumed. The ²⁶Mg and ²⁸Si data are best described by calculations with prolate and oblate shapes, respectively, in agreement with previous Coulomb excitation rorientation measurements. The Hendrie scaling procedure fails to accurately predict the measured nuclear β₂ deformation for ²⁶Mg.