The isovector 0(+) to 0(-) transition in the O-16(p,n)F-16 (g.s.) reac
tion was studied at 79 MeV. Differential cross sections were extracted
for the transitions to the low-lying complex of 0(-), 1(-), 2(-), and
3(-) states in F-16 at 12 laboratory angles from 0.3 degrees to 63 de
grees which correspond to momentum transfers from 0.21 to 2.0 fm(-1).
An energy resolution of 140 keV (FWHM) was achieved which was sufficie
nt to separate the yields for each of these four states. Distorted-wav
e-impulse-approximation (DWIA) calculations were performed and compare
d with the extracted cross sections for these four transitions. The DW
IA calculations with the effective interaction of Franey and Love prov
ide a good description of the experimental measurements for the 0(-) t
ransition at low momentum transfer, but overestimate the data at large
r momentum transfer. The experimental results for the 1(-), 2(-), and
3(-) transitions are described reasonably well by the DWIA calculation
s.