Nuclear spectroscopy of r-process nuclei using KEK Isotope Separation System

Abstract We developed KEK Isotope Separation System (KISS) in RIKEN Nishina center to produce neutron-rich isotopes around N = 126 for the study of β -decay properties from astrophysical interests. The KISS is an argon-gas-cell-based on laser ion source with ISOL, and, therefore, allows us to extract heavy refractory elements and investigate neutron-rich isotopes around N = 126. We extracted the laser-ionized unstable nuclei in the vicinity of 198 Pt, and performed β - γ spectroscopy and in-gas-cell laser ionization spectroscopy successfully.