Elastic scattering of the carbon isotopes from light nuclei (Z = 7 to 16) in optical model,strong-absorption,and folding approaches

Recently obtained data for elastic scattering of ^12,13C from ¹⁴N, ¹⁶O, ²⁸Si and ³²S are analyzed by a variety of methods, including the conventional six-parameter optical model, Ericson's parameterization of the strong-absorption S-matrix, the Glauber formalism, and a simple single-folding model. It is shown that earlier analyses of similar data, in which the Glauber approach was used exclusively, have a dubious validity.