excitation at safe energies. The radioactive ion beams at energies of 2.85 MeV/u were
delivered by the REX-ISOLDE facility at CERN and impinged on self-supporting 194,196 Pt
targets. The emitted γ-rays were detected by the Miniball detector-array. A detailed
description of the experimental techniques used for extracting diagonal and transitional
matrix elements and of the theoretical framework is given. The present experiment reveals …