Inelastic Scattering of 14.0-MeV Protons by the Even Isotopes of Cadmium

Angular distributions of 14.0-MeV protons scattered elastically and inelastically by targets of ${}_{}{}^{106,108,110,112,114,116}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{Cd}$ have been obtained. Coupled-channel analysis has been used to extract extended optical-model parameters that generate fits to the scattering data of the isotopic sequence. The analysis has yielded deformabilities that have been used to calculate equivalent electromagnetic-transition enhancement factors and ratios of $B\mathrm{}\left(E2\mathrm{}\right)\mathrm{}$ values, which have been compared with the results of Coulomb-excitation studies.