Glossary term: 中子
Description: 中子是一種不帶電荷的亞原子粒子。我們周圍的所有物質都是由原子構成的，所有原子都具有相同的基本結構：一個由質子和中子組成的微小而緻密的原子核，幾乎承載了原子的全部質量，周圍環繞著電子。質子數就是原子核的 "原子序數"，每個具有特定原子序數的原子對應於一種特定的化學元素，而中子數則決定了原子核代表的元素的同位素。
當一顆質量約為太陽 8 倍或更大的恆星接近生命終點時，其內核會坍縮，引發超新星爆炸，在爆炸過程中，內核中原子核的大部分質子會俘獲電子，轉化為中子，產生一顆中子星，如果內爆內核中剩餘的質量超過約 3 個太陽質量，則會產生一個黑洞。
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