title: Empirical realization of a critical point description in atomic nuclei.
abstract: It is shown that (152)Sm 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.
authors.affiliation: Wright Nuclear Structure Laboratory, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8124, USA.
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Casten
authors.forename: N V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Zamfir