两位日本教授对威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校的弗朗西斯·哈尔岑教授荣获今年诺贝尔物理学奖感到非常高兴。哈尔岑教授正是他们参与的国际研究项目的领军人物。
Two Japanese professors have expressed their joy after University of Wisconsin-Madison professor Francis Halzen, who led an international project they participated in, was named winner of this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics. “We were able to catch a glimpse of the universe that no one has ever seen,” Chiba University professor Shigeru Yoshida told a news conference at the university in the city of Chiba, Tuesday.
千叶大学的吉田茂教授在周二于该校举行的新闻发布会上说道：“我们得以窥见一个前所未有的宇宙面貌。”作为该校强子天体物理学国际中心的主任，吉田教授还表示，看到哈尔岑因领导在南极观测高能中微子的IceCube项目而获奖，自己“欣喜不已”。
Yoshida, director of the university’s International Center for Hadron Astrophysics, also said that he is “very happy” that Halzen won the prize for the IceCube project, which observed high-energy neutrinos in Antarctica. Recalling his participation in the project in 2002, Yoshida said that people around him opposed his decision.
回忆起2002年参与该项目时的情景，吉田教授称当时身边许多人都不赞成他的决定，他自己也心存疑虑。不过他坚信：“我们应当不断迎接新的挑战。在科学领域，没有任何事情是必然成功的。”
“I was skeptical.”Yoshida said, “We should keep taking on new challenges. In the world of science, nothing is promised from the beginning.”
在另一场线上新闻发布会上，同为千叶大学教授的石原彩也表达了推动“下一代IceCube项目”的强烈意愿。她期望哈尔岑获奖能“有力推动全球范围内中微子研究的发展”。
At a separate news conference, held online, Aya Ishihara, also a professor at the Japanese university, expressed eagerness to “promote a next-generation IceCube project.”Ishihara said she hopes that Halzen’s winning of the Nobel Prize will “help advance (neutrino research) worldwide.”
瑞典皇家科学院于周二正式宣布，鉴于哈尔岑对IceCube项目作出的卓越贡献以及“发现源自宇宙的高能中微子”，决定将诺贝尔物理学奖授予他。
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced Tuesday its decision to award the Nobel Prize in Physics to Halzen for his “decisive contributions” to the IceCube project and “the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin.”