Polarization transfer in inelastic proton scattering from 4- states in O16 at 350 MeV

This experiment has measured cross sections, analyzing powers, and the spin observables P, D-ss, D-sl', D-nn', D-ll', D-ls' for the reaction O-16(p,p') at 350 MeV populating three 4 states. These "stretched" states, at excitation energies of 17.79 MeV, 19.80 MeV (both mainly T = 0), and 18.98 MeV (mainly T = 1), have well known nuclear structure and are used as a nuclear filter to examine the tensor and spin-orbit components of the effective nucleon-nucleus interaction at 350 MeV. A complete set of spin observables was obtained at an angle of 22 degrees in the laboratory frame, whereas the D-ss' and D-sl' observables were measured at laboratory angles of 17, 22, 27, and 32 degrees. The data are compared with distorted-wave impulse approximation calculations from several theoretical models.