Peripheral elastic and inelastic scattering of 17,18Oon light targets at 12 MeV/nucleon

The elastic and inelastic scattering of O-17,O-18 with light targets has been undertaken at 12 MeV/nucleon in order to determine the optical potentials needed for the transfer reaction C-13(O-17, O-18)C-12. Optical potentials in both incoming and outgoing channels have been determined in a single experiment. This transfer reaction was used to infer the direct capture rate to the F-17(p,gamma)Ne-18 which is essential to estimate the production of F-18 at stellar energies in ONe novae. We demonstrate the stability of the ANC method and OMP results using good quality elastic and inelastic scattering data with stable beams. The peripherality of our reaction is inferred from a semiclassical decomposition of the total scattering amplitude into barrier and internal barrier components. Comparison between elastic scattering of O-17, O-18 and O-16 projectiles is made.