Scattering of 17F nuclei from a 58Ni target at energies around the Coulomb barrier

We studied the elastic scattering process for the system (17)F + (58)Ni at two colliding energies slightly above the Coulomb barrier. The experimental data were analyzed within the framework of the optical model to investigate the effects of the projectile small binding energy (S(p) = 600 keV) on the reaction dynamics. We found that in this energy range the "reduced" reaction cross section for the system (17)F + (58)Ni is rather similar to that induced by the interaction of tightly-bound (16)O nuclei on the same target. Nuclear Physics A