Dependence of theO16+O16nuclear potential on nuclear incompressibility

Nonmonotonic (NM) nucleus-nucleus potentials from the energy-density functional (EDF) theory including the Pauli principle have been considered for the nuclear incompressibility K in the range 188-266 MeV. The experimental cross sections of the O-16 + O-16 elastic scattering over the 31-350 MeV incident energies have been analyzed in the optical model using the NM potentials. Sensitivity of K on the elastic scattering data is studied and its value for infinite cold nuclear matter deduced to be 222 +/- 5 MeV.