Dynamic spin-orbit interaction of heavy ions in semiclassical calculations of elastic scattering

Experimental results of the 1st rank analyzing power for elastic scattering of⁶Li and⁷Li could be only understood when including coupling to inelastic channels in the calculations. This finding — established for some time — yet presents some open questions regarding the energy dependence of the spin and polarization effects. Semiclassical calculations presented here might clarify the relevant physical background of the earlier quantummechanically exact results.