“…These observations, combined with the large B(E2, 2 + 1 → 0 + ) value measured for 70 Ni 42 [20], lead to the conclusion that any "island" of nuclei with indications of a significant N = 40 gap is rather localized. A main contributor to this situation is the monopole tensor force [21,22] between protons in the pf shell and g 9/2 neutrons, where the occupation of the latter orbital leads to the onset of deformation, as evidenced, for example, by the presence of rotational bands in neutron-rich 55−57 Cr and 59−61 Fe nuclei [23][24][25][26][27]. On the other hand, couplings of protons and/or neutrons to the 68 Ni core do not always result in a large polarization of the core.…”