科学家们知道：只有在中子撞击原子的原子核时，中子才可能处于游离状态。这种碰撞会改变原子核的运动轨迹。
Scientists know that a neutron is loose only when the neutron hits the nucleus of an atom. The collision changes the path of the nucleus.
这架望远镜被命名为“冰立方”，其工作原理是：当一个微中子撞击冰中的水分子原子时，望远镜就会探测这些罕见的场合中产生的闪光。
Called IceCube, it will work by detecting the flashes of light generated on those rare occasions when a neutrino hits one of the atoms in a molecule of water in the ice.
同时还需要足够多的、可裂变的原子核用于中子进行撞击，换句话说，需要一个临界质量。
There also need to be enough fissionable atoms about for the neutrons to bumpinto—in other words, a critical mass.
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