“…These two conditions are fulfilled also in 42 Si, which was found to be deformed [7,8]. One of the key nuclei to understand how deformation sets in for the N = 28 isotones between the spherical 48 Ca and 42 Si is 44 S. This nucleus has been investigated using different experimental approaches, such as β-decay [5,6], Coulomb excitation [9], in-beam γ -ray spectroscopy [10], isomer studies [11,12], electron spectroscopy [12] and the two proton knock-out reaction [13]. The works of Refs.…”