中子星能有多重？存在一个最大质量吗？
How heavy can a neutron star be? Is there a maximum mass?
中子星靠中子简并压力与核力抵抗自身引力。理论上的最大质量由托尔曼-奥本海默-沃尔科夫极限给出，约在2至3倍太阳质量之间；超过它，中子星将坍缩成黑洞。近年对双中子星并合的观测把这一上限约束到约2.3倍太阳质量附近。
A neutron star resists its own gravity through neutron degeneracy pressure and nuclear forces. Theory sets a maximum mass, the Tolman–Oppenheimer–Volkoff limit, at roughly 2–3 solar masses; above it the star collapses into a black hole. Recent neutron-star-merger observations constrain this upper bound to about 2.3 solar masses.
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Tolman、Oppenheimer 与 Volkoff（1939，中子星最大质量）；LIGO/Virgo（GW170817 约束）
Tolman, Oppenheimer & Volkoff (1939); LIGO/Virgo (GW170817)
#中子星 #最大质量 #TOV极限 #简并压力
中子星是怎样形成的？
How does a neutron star form?
中子星是大质量恒星核心坍缩后，电子被压入质子形成中子的致密残骸，靠中子简并压支撑。典型中子星直径仅约20公里，质量却与太阳相当。
A neutron star is the dense remnant left when a massive star's core collapses and electrons are squeezed into protons to form neutrons, supported by neutron degeneracy pressure. A typical one is only about 20 kilometers across yet weighs as much as the Sun.
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Carroll & Ostlie,《An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics》第2版,Cambridge University Press,2017
B. W. Carroll and D. A. Ostlie, An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics, 2nd ed., Cambridge University Press, 2017
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#中子星 #核心坍缩 #简并压 #致密天体
什么是中子星并合与千新星（kilonova）？
What are neutron star mergers and kilonovae?
2017年LIGO与Virgo探测到两颗中子星并合产生的引力波，同时望远镜在对应天区发现短暂的可见光与红外爆发，称为千新星。它证实了金、铂等重元素可在这种事件中锻造出来。
In 2017 LIGO and Virgo caught gravitational waves from two merging neutron stars, and telescopes saw a brief optical and infrared burst called a kilonova at the same spot. It confirmed that heavy elements like gold and platinum are forged in such events.
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Abbott et al.《Multi-messenger Observations of a Binary Neutron Star Merger》(ApJL 848, L12, 2017);LIGO-Virgo 科学合作组
Abbott et al., Multi-messenger Observations of a Binary Neutron Star Merger (ApJL 848, L12, 2017); LIGO-Virgo Scientific Collaboration
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#中子星并合 #千新星 #引力波 #重元素
双中子星并合 GW170817 为何被称为“多信使天文学”的里程碑？
Why is the neutron-star merger GW170817 called a milestone for “multi-messenger astronomy”?
2017年，LIGO/Virgo 先探测到这次双中子星并合产生的引力波，全球望远镜随后在对应天区捕获到被称为“千新星”的可见光与伽马射线暴。这是首次同时用引力波和电磁波追踪同一事件，并证实这类并合是金、铂等重元素的产地。
In 2017 LIGO/Virgo first caught gravitational waves from a neutron-star merger, and telescopes worldwide then pinpointed a corresponding “kilonova” with optical and gamma-ray emission. It was the first event traced by both gravitational and electromagnetic waves, and confirmed such mergers forge heavy elements like gold and platinum.
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LIGO/Virgo 合作组与全球望远镜联测（2017，GW170817）
LIGO/Virgo Collaboration & global telescopes (2017, GW170817)
#双中子星并合 #千新星 #多信使天文学 #重元素
中子星有多密？
How dense is a neutron star?
中子星是已知密度仅次于黑洞的天体，一茶匙中子星物质重达数十亿吨。其表面引力约为地球的千亿倍。
Neutron stars are the densest objects known after black holes; a teaspoon of their material weighs billions of tons. Their surface gravity is about a hundred billion times Earth's.
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Carroll & Ostlie,《An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics》第2版,Cambridge University Press,2017
B. W. Carroll and D. A. Ostlie, An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics, 2nd ed., Cambridge University Press, 2017
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#中子星 #密度 #简并物质 #引力
磁星是什么，它们为何如此特殊？
What are magnetars, and why are they so unusual?
磁星是一类拥有极强磁场（约10¹⁴–10¹⁵高斯，比普通中子星强千倍）的中子星。其磁场能量偶尔重组会引发剧烈爆发，表现为软伽马重复暴和异常的 X 射线耀发，是宇宙中最强磁场的天体。
Magnetars are neutron stars with extraordinarily strong magnetic fields (about 10¹⁴–10¹⁵ gauss, a thousand times stronger than ordinary neutron stars). Occasional rearrangements of that field energy unleash violent outbursts—soft gamma repeaters and anomalous X-ray flares—making them the most magnetic objects known.
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Duncan 与 Thompson（1992，磁星模型）
Duncan & Thompson (1992, magnetar model)
#磁星 #强磁场 #软伽马重复暴 #中子星
脉冲星是什么，为何会发出规律脉冲？
What are pulsars, and why do they emit regular pulses?
脉冲星是高速自转的中子星，拥有极强且倾斜的磁场，沿磁极发出射电等辐射束。随着星体自转，辐射束像灯塔一样周期性扫过地球，于是被探测为极其规律的脉冲信号，由贝尔·伯内尔于1967年发现。
Pulsars are rapidly spinning neutron stars with very strong, tilted magnetic fields that beam radio emission from their poles. As the star rotates, the beam sweeps past Earth like a lighthouse, producing extremely regular pulses—discovered by Jocelyn Bell Burnell in 1967.
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乔斯林·贝尔·伯内尔与安东尼·休伊什（1967，脉冲星发现）
Jocelyn Bell Burnell & Antony Hewish (1967)
#脉冲星 #中子星 #灯塔模型 #射电