When Francis Halzen of the University of Wisconsin-Madison accepts his Nobel prize for physics later this year, he will enjoy the rare privilege of an undivided(完整的，未分割的) spotlight. Most physics laureate(获奖者，桂冠诗人)s must share the stage(分享舞台，共同获奖) with a collaborator or rival. Dr Halzen will be the first since 1992 to claim(获得，赢得) all the glory for himself.
今年晚些时候，威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校的弗朗西斯·哈尔岑领取诺贝尔物理学奖时，将享受一份难得的殊荣：独享聚光灯。大多数物理学奖得主都得与合作伙伴或竞争对手分享舞台。哈尔岑博士将是1992年以来首位独揽全部荣耀的获奖者。
The prize citation(获奖评语，引文), unveil(公布，揭幕)ed on Tuesday, credit(把……归功于)s his “decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory”, a particle detector span(横跨，覆盖)ning a cubic kilometre of ice near the South Pole which draws on the efforts of 450 researchers in 14 countries. But, according to Ulf Danielsson, a physicist at Uppsala University and secretary to the Nobel committee for physics, “Without his scientific vision, it would have been impossible.”(但据乌普萨拉大学物理学家、诺贝尔物理学奖委员会秘书乌尔夫·丹尼尔森所说：“没有他的科学远见，这一切都不可能实现。”)
周二公布的获奖评语表彰了他“对冰立方中微子天文台的决定性贡献”。该天文台是一个粒子探测器，覆盖南极附近一立方公里的冰层，汇聚了14个国家450名研究人员的努力。但据乌普萨拉大学物理学家、诺贝尔物理学奖委员会秘书乌尔夫·丹尼尔森所说：“没有他的科学远见，这一切都不可能实现。”
Detecting neutrinos requires scientific vision in spades(大量地，非常). Being electrically neutral (hence the “neutr-”) and physically diminutive (hence the “-ino”), they are, in effect, immune to both the electromagnetic force and gravity, allowing them to pass through most particle detectors unobserved.(中微子不带电（故有“neutr-”），体积极小（故有“-ino”），实际上对电磁力和引力都免疫，因此能穿过大多数粒子探测器而不被察觉。) Their dealings with regular matter are largely limited to interactions via the aptly(恰当地，贴切地) named weak nuclear force.
探测中微子极其需要科学远见。中微子不带电（故有“neutr-”），体积极小（故有“-ino”），实际上对电磁力和引力都免疫，因此能穿过大多数粒子探测器而不被察觉。它们与普通物质的相互作用，主要局限于通过那个名字起得恰如其分的弱核力。
Seeing the light
看见光
