Belgian Physicist Wins Nobel Prize In Physics For Cosmic Particle Discovery

India, Oct. 6 -- The Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to Belgian particle physicist Francis Louis Halzen for discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin and his work creating an observatory to detect them.

A Professor at University of Wisconsin-Madison, the 82-year-old Nobel laureate will receive a prize amount of 12 million Swedish kronor, or $12,03,267.

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said it has decided to award the Nobel Prize to Halzen "for decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin."

Francis Halzen has laid the foundation for an entirely new type of astronomy. His idea was to use glacial ice at the South Pole to capture th...