Present status of the SCRIT electron scattering facility*

Electron scattering is one of the most powerful tools providing invaluable information about structure of nuclei as performed for many stable nuclei in the latter half of the 20^th century. Although unstable nuclei far from the stability valley have attracted attention because of their exotic features, electron scattering from these nuclei has been precluded by the difficulty in preparing the target material.

The SCRIT (Self-Confining RI Ion Target) electron scattering facility is a unique facility so far to realize electron scattering experiments for short-lived unstable nuclei.

Following the successful commissioning experiments with stable nuclei, we are preparing the experiment with unstable nucleus target now.

In this talk, the present status and future prospects of the SCRIT electron scattering facility will be presented.