Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Nuclear Physics A, 2026 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
In this study, the inelastic scattering processes of protons in certain nuclei belonging to the group of alkaline earth metals were theoretically examined using the TALYS 1.99 code. The isotopes 24,26Mg, 40,42,44,48Ca, and 86,88Sr were selected as target nuclei, and angular differential cross sections (ADX) were calculated for proton energies in the range of 5–65 MeV. The calculated results were compared with experimental data available in the EXFOR database. The findings reveal that the theoretical results show very good agreement with experimental data, especially at low excitation energies (1–6 MeV). The optical model potentials and level density parametrizations used by the TALYS code are valid in these energy ranges. At higher energies, limited deviations were observed in some isotopes, which are thought to arise from model parameters and experimental uncertainties. Moreover, the calculations show that proton inelastic scatterings generally involve strong transitions to the 2⁺ and 3⁻ levels, and these levels represent the collective quadrupole and octupole vibration modes of the nuclei. As a result, it has been demonstrated that the TALYS code provides reliable results in modeling proton inelastic scatterings in alkaline earth metals and serves as an effective tool in determining nuclear structure.