Triaxial shape with rotation around the longest principal axis in 142Gd
The observed high-spin states in 142Gd are interpreted as based on a triaxial nucleus rotating around the classically unfavored longest principal axis. For the first time such an interpretation is supported by experimental data including lifetimes which have been measured using DSAM with EUROBALL in the 114}Sn(32S,2p2n)142Gd reaction at 160~MeV.
