Abstract
The recently proposed effective profile expansion method for treating the Glauber-model S matrix has been applied to the case of inelastic nucleus-nucleus scattering at intermediate energies. Using target input information obtained from other experiments the authors analyse the 2+, 0+ and 3- inelastic scattering of 0.698 GeV deuterons and 1.37 GeV alpha particles on 12C. It is found that, in general, consideration of the second-order term in the expansion brings theory closer to experiment. In particular, the 2+ and 0+ d-12C inelastic scatterings are reproduced fairly well.