Measurements of Nuclear Radii by Heavy-Ion Scattering

The elastic scattering of ${}_{}{}^{12}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{C}$ and ${}_{}{}^{16}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{O}$ on nuclei of ${}_{}{}^{208}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{Pb}$, ${}_{}{}^{206}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{Pb}$, ${}_{}{}^{209}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{Bi}$, ${}_{}{}^{144}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{Nd}$, ${}_{}{}^{146}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{Nd}$, ${}_{}{}^{148}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{Nd}$, ${}_{}{}^{152}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{Sm}$, and ${}_{}{}^{154}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{Sm}$ was studied in order to determine the strong-absorption radii and to see if these may be influenced by Coulomb distortion effects. It was found that these Coulomb effects were small and all radii could be described by a radius parameter $R_0$ between 1.30 and 1.44 fm.