C. Fransen et al., SYSTEMATICS OF LOW-LYING ELECTRIC-DIPOLE EXCITATIONS IN THE A-SIMILAR-OR-EQUAL-TO-130-200 MASS REGION, Physical review. C. Nuclear physics, 57(1), 1998, pp. 129-133
The data from numerous high resolution photon scattering experiments a
llow an extensive survey of the lowest electric dipole excitations in
the A similar or equal to 130-200 mass region. In this mass region one
can find spherical as well as transitional and strongly quadrupole de
formed nuclei. The measured absolute EI strengths are typically of the
order of several milli Weisskopf units and exhibit in general a smoot
h variation with mass number.