Elastic scattering and total reaction cross sections for the B8, Be7, and Li6 ⁺12C systems

Angular distributions for the elastic scattering of B8, Be7, and Li6 on a C12 target have been measured at E_lab=25.8, 18.8, and 12.3 MeV, respectively. The analyses of these angular distributions have been performed in terms of the optical model using Woods-Saxon and double-folding type potentials. The effect of breakup in the elastic scattering of 8B+12C is investigated by performing coupled-channels calculations with the continuum discretized coupled-channel method and cluster-model folding potentials. Total reaction cross sections were deduced from the elastic-scattering analysis and compared with published data on elastic scattering of other weakly and tightly bound projectiles on C12, as a function of energy. With the exception of He4 and O16, the data can be described using a universal function for the reduced cross sections.