Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 052503 (2001) [4 pages]Empirical Realization of a Critical Point Description in Atomic NucleiReceived 12 December 2000; published 12 July 2001 It is shown that 152Sm and other N = 90 isotones are the first empirical manifestation of the newly predicted analytic description of nuclei at the critical point of a vibrator to axial rotor phase transition. © 2001 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.052503
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.052503
PACS:
21.60.Fw, 21.10.Re, 27.70.+q
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