Photon scattering experiments have been performed an the nuclei Os-190,Os-1
92 in order to investigate low-lying dipole excitations in the energy range
E-gamma<4 MeV in nuclei which are transitional between well-deformed rotor
s and gamma-soft nuclei. We determined excitation energies, spins, and abso
lute photon scattering cross sections. The low-lying dipole strength in the
se even-even nuclei is highly fragmented. [S0556-2813(99)02104-4].