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Empirical Realization of a Critical Point Description in Atomic Nuclei

R. F. CastenWright Nuclear Structure Laboratory, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8124, USAN. V. ZamfirClark University, Worcester, Massachusetts 01610
2001en
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It is shown that ${}^{152}\mathrm{Sm}$ and other $N\phantom{\rule{0ex}{0ex}}=\phantom{\rule{0ex}{0ex}}90$ 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.

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