Polarization transfer observables for proton inelastic scattering from C-12 at 0 degrees

Polarization transfer (PT) observables in the C-12(p,p') reaction at 0 degr ees for 392 MeV protons have been measured. The excitation strengths are de composed into the spin-flip part and the non-spin-flip part by using the ob tained PT observables. The PT observables for excitation of the 1(+), T = 0 and 1(+), T = 1 states are compared with distorted wave impulse approximat ion calculations. The strength ratios of the isoscalar spin-dependent term to the isovector tensor term and the isovector tensor term to the isovector spin-dependent term are reasonably consistent with the Franey and Love int eraction. (C) 1999 Published by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.