Elastic scattering of the proton drip-line nucleus 17F

J. C. Blackmon,1 F. Carstoiu,2,3 L. Trache,2 D. W. Bardayan,1 C. R. Brune,4 C. A. Gagliardi,2 U. Greife,5 C. J. Gross,1 C. C. Jewett,5 R. L. Kozub,6 T. A. Lewis,1 J. F. Liang,1 B. H. Moazen,6 A. M. Mukhamedzhanov,2 C. D. Nesaraja,1,6 F. M. Nunes,7 P. D. Parker,8 L. Sahin,9 J. P. Scott,1,6 D. Shapira,1 M. S. Smith,1 J. S. Thomas,10 and R. E. Tribble2 1Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA 2Cyclotron Institute, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3366, USA 3National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering “Horia Hulubei,” P.O. Box MG-6, RD-76900, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania 4Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701, USA 5Department of Physics, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado 80401, USA 6Physics Department, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, Tennessee 38505, USA 7National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA 8A. W. Wright Nuclear Structure Laboratory, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA 9Department of Physics, Dumlupinar University, Kutahya, Turkey 43100 10Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903, USA (Received 19 May 2005; published 26 September 2005)