Empirical realization of a critical point description in atomic nuclei.
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.
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Wright Nuclear Structure Laboratory, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8124, USA.
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