16C inelastic scattering studied with the microscopic coupled-channels method

In order to test the (16C internal wave function, we perform microscopic coupled-channels (MCC) calculations of the 16C(0)(+2)(1)(1)+) inelastic scattering by a 208Pb target at E/A=52.7 MeV using the antisymmetrized molecular dynamics (AMD) wave functions of 16C, and compare the calculated differential cross sections with the measured ones. The MCC calculations with AMD wave functions reproduce the experimental data fairly well, although they slightly underestimate the magnitude of the cross sections. The absolute magnitude of calculated differential cross sections is found to be sensitive to the neutron excitation strength. We prove that the MCC method is a useful tool for connecting the inelastic scattering data with the internal wave functions.