Description: 中子星是一個非常密集和緊湊的恆星殘骸，形成於大質量恆星核心的坍塌。質量約為八倍太陽質量或更多的恆星在其恆星演化的最後，核心會坍塌，觸發超新星爆炸。坍塌的核心密度大於大多數原子核，並主要由中子組成。這一點的原因是，在大質量恆星極熱和極密的坍塌核心中，質子和電子結合形成中子。中子星的下限質量為1.4倍太陽質量，上限約為3倍太陽質量——超過這個質量，物體將坍塌為黑洞。高度磁化的中子星被稱為磁星。已知的絕大多數中子星以射電脈衝星的形式被觀測到。

Related Terms:

• 黑洞
• Neutron
• 原子核
• 脈衝星
• 太陽質量
• 超新星
• 白矮星
• 超新星遺跡

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