Spin-orbit deformation effects in (p,ṕ) from non-spherical nuclei at intermediate energies

Deformed spin-orbit, coupled-channels effects are investigated for 800 MeV proton inelastic scattering from 24 Mg and 154 Sm. The influence of the spin-orbit potential on the inelastic angular distributions and on the deduced multipole moments of the optical potential is shown to be small. The predicted 4 + and 6 + inelastic analyzing powers are, however, significantly affected by deformed spin-orbit coupling, multistep processes, and the large intrinsic quadrupole deformation of these two nuclei.