Deuteron elastic and inelastic scattering from (^12)C, (^24)Mg and (^58)Ni at 170 MeV

Angular distributions for elastic and inelastic deuteron scattering on ${}^{12}\mathrm{C},$ ${}^{24}\mathrm{Mg},$ and ${}^{58}\mathrm{Ni}$ have been measured at a bombarding energy of 170 MeV. The data are analyzed in terms of the optical model. The extracted optical model parameters are compared to existing deuteron global optical potentials.