瑞典皇家科学院于10月6日将2026年诺贝尔物理学奖授予弗朗西斯·哈尔岑，以表彰他对IceCube中微子观测站的决定性贡献及对天体物理来源高能中微子的发现4。这是诺贝尔物理学奖时隔34年来首次只颁发给单人，上一次单人获奖为1992年10。该奖项奖金为1200万瑞典克朗，约合120万美元或100万欧元4。
哈尔岑是比利时裔美国科学家，现为美国威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校教授，1944年3月23日出生于比利时蒂嫩，现年82岁10。他于1988年首次提出在南极捕捉中微子的设想10。IceCube中微子观测站是位于南极的一座设施，覆盖一立方公里，配备光传感器用于探测中微子210。这一观测站于2011年完工，利用南极冰层的地质稳定性来捕捉来自宇宙极高能量过程产生的中微子10。瑞典皇家科学院认可哈尔岑的远见和科学领导力对该项目至关重要2。这些被描述为"幽灵粒子"的中微子为揭示宇宙中的高能过程提供了新的观测途径2。
Belgian-born physicist Francis Halzen has been awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for his decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos from astrophysical sources 1410. The Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences recognized the groundbreaking work on October 6, 2026, with a prize valued at 12 million Swedish kronor, equivalent to approximately 1.2 million US dollars or 1 million euros 4.
Halzen, currently a professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison 6, originally conceived the vision for detecting neutrinos in Antarctic ice in 1988 10. The IceCube Neutrino Observatory, built in partnership with international collaborators, spans one cubic kilometer of Antarctic ice equipped with optical sensors to detect neutrinos produced by the universe's most energetic processes 210. The facility was completed in 2011 10. The Royal Academy acknowledged that Halzen's foresight and scientific leadership were crucial to the project's success 2. These elusive particles, described as "ghost-like messages from space," reveal the cosmos's most extreme phenomena and provide astronomers with an entirely new window into the universe 1.
This marks the first time in 34 years that the Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to a single recipient, with the previous sole winner being George Charpak in 1992 10. Born on March 23, 1944, in Tienen, Belgium, Halzen is now 82 years old 10.
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