Interference effects between direct and sequential processes in the (18O, 16O) reaction

The 12 C( 18 O, 16 O) 14 C reaction at 84 MeV has been studied at INFN-LNS laboratory using the MAGNEX magnetic spectrometer. High resolution energy spectra and cross-section angular distributions have been measured. DWBA calculations of both direct and sequential transfer to the 14 C ground state show the important role of the interference between the two processes to describe the experimental data.