Elastic and inelastic scattering of neutrons from Fe and Cu : (II). Scattering and nuclear structure effects from coupled channels calculations

The differential cross sections for neutron scattering from ^{54, 56}Fe and ^{63, 65}Cu at energies between 8 and 14 MeV, which were reported in a companion paper, have been analyzed in the framework of the coupled channels formalism. Neutron potential deformations were extracted and compared with corresponding deformations deduced from the reanalysis of proton scattering measurements and Coulomb excitation results. The size of the Coulomb correction term in the absorptive proton potential is discussed. Matter root-mean-square radii are estimated from our potential and compared with results from -particle folding model calculations.