Quasielastic scattering of 17 C from a carbon target at 40 MeV/nucleon

. The quasielastic scattering angular distribution of 17 C from a carbon target at 40MeV/nucleon was measured using the inverse kinematics method. The analysis of the experimental data was started using the optical model. The data were reproduced very well and the optical potential in the Woods-Saxon form was obtained. Within the framework of the coupled-channel method, the contribution from the inelastic channels to the experimental data is found significant at large angles. A systematic analysis of the elastic/quasielastic scattering of 11-13,17 C + 12 C was performed as well. The present work indicates that 17 C is a normal nucleus whose radius is not anomalously large.