Elastic $\alpha$-$^{12}$C scattering at low energies with the resonant $2_2^+$ and $2_3^+$ states of $^{16}$O

Abstract

The elastic $\alpha$-$^{12}$C scattering for $l=2$ at low energies is studied in an effective Lagrangian approach. We explicitly include two resonant $2_2^+$ and $2_3^+$ states of $^{16}$O in the scattering amplitudes and construct an $S$ matrix assuming that three amplitudes, the non-resonant part of the amplitude which has the sub-threshold $2_1^+$ state of $^{16}$O and those of the two resonant states, are represented by the summation of corresponding parts of the phase shift. Then, we fit the parameters in the $S$ matrix to the phase shift data by imposing three conditions at very low energies where the phase shift data are not available. By using the fitted parameters, we calculate the asymptotic normalization coefficients (ANC) of the $2_1^+$ state of $^{16}$O and find that the previously reported small and large values of the ANC can be reproduced depending on the imposed conditions, but we obtain large error bars for the large ANC values which are reported from the $\alpha$ transfer reactions.