Article révisé par les pairs
Résumé : We show that a consistent description of 16O(α, α0) scattering close to the Coulomb barrier can be achieved only if (1) the interaction is made slightly angular momentum dependent; (ii) the surface of the potential is significantly less diffuse than that needed to describe the scattering data at higher incident energies. The second feature agrees qualitatively with recent theoretical predictions invoking either antisymmetrization or dispersion relation effects. © 1989.