Osaka University

Hirofumi Nagao

Michisato Toyoda

Shuichi Shimma

Shigeo Hayakawa

An alkali metal introduction apparatus () includes: a dedicated fracture chamber () and a vacuum chamber (); vacuum pumps () and () for evacuating the insides of the dedicated fracture chamber () and the vacuum chamber (); an ampul fracturing section for causing, in the dedicated fracture chamber (), an alkali metal encapsulated in an ampul () to be exposed out of the ampul () by deforming the ampul (); a collision cell () configured to allow the ampul () to be introduced therein, the collision room () being provided inside the vacuum chamber (); and an ampul introducing section () for moving the ampul () between an exposure position where the alkali metal encapsulated in the ampul () is to be exposed out of the ampul () thus deformed and an introduction position where the ampul () is to be introduced into the collision cell ().

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Suita, Japan

Hirofumi Nagao