2015 Volume 12 Issue 2 Pages 89-96
Aim of the KEK KISS project is to understand an astrophysical origin of the rapid neutron capture process through the decay studies of unknown nuclei having the mass number around 195 and the neutron number around 126 in so called blank spot region, where has been hard to access experimentally, so far. We have developed a new experimental method consisting of multi-nucleon transfer reactions of neutron-rich heavy-ion beams and a mass separator combined with an element selective laser resonance ionization. This device is named as KEK Isotope Separation System (KISS). After the success of the developments, KISS will be open for users in this year as one of experimental apparatuses in the RIBF facility of Riken Nishina Center. And a KEK new branch, Wako Nuclear Science Center (WNSC) has been launched at Riken Wako campus from this April for supporting the scientific activities of KISS users.
