Low-lying [Formula Presented] strength in [Formula Presented]

Intermediate energy Coulomb excitation at 100 MeV/nucleon was used to probe the low-lying level structure of both [Formula Presented] and [Formula Presented] in the region between 1 and 8 MeV. Discrete [Formula Presented] states with energies of 5.35(10) and 6.85(5) MeV were observed in [Formula Presented] The strong direct excitation and subsequent [Formula Presented]-ray decay of these states, along with [Formula Presented] predictions for [Formula Presented] levels in this energy region, established their dipole character. The extracted [Formula Presented] values of [Formula Presented] and [Formula Presented] for the 5.35- and 6.85-MeV states, respectively, are significantly larger than shell model calculations, though modification of the single-particle energies, in particular, the [Formula Presented] shell gap, improves the agreement. The summed [Formula Presented] value for these levels (in Weisskopf units) is consistent with that for other nuclei that have been discussed recently in the literature as potential Pygmy dipole resonance hosts.