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國際天文學界傳來重大消息，美國研究團隊終於發現，140億年前宇宙「大爆炸」後擴張的直接證據，被認為可望拿下諾貝爾物理學獎。而團隊重要成員之一，是來自台灣的史丹佛大學研究員郭兆林。

由美國多所大學研究員所組成的團隊，17號在哈佛大學舉行記者會，而右邊第二位就是來自台灣的科學家郭兆林，由他獨家設計的偵測器，也讓研究團隊能有重大突破。

[[美國物理學家 卡米翁可斯基 (未參與研究)]] 
這不只是全壘打，而是滿貫全壘打，這是(宇宙)暴漲的確切證據。

長久以來科學家相信，140億年前宇宙大爆炸後，擴張所產生的細小波紋，留在龐大的宇宙中，不過先前一直找不到直接證據。但這次科學家終於從「微波背景幅射」中，找到證據。

[[美國自然歷史博物館長 馬可羅]] 
宇宙暴漲的理論，過去30年來只是一種假設，現在這個理論的預測已被證實。

美國團隊還特地遠到南極做研究，因為那裡的氣候，是研究宇宙最好的地方。台灣科學家郭兆林表示，對南極的熟悉程度就像自家後院。據了解，他將在兩周後回到台灣。

Scientists are still celebrating the detection of gravitational waves, a finding that provides the strongest confirmation yet of prevailing models for early development of the universe. Among the scientists responsible for the landmark discovery is Stanford University assistant professor Kuo Chao-lin, a Taiwanese-born physicist who studied at National Taiwan University. 

Researchers from several US universities gathered at Harvard University to hold the startling press conference on Monday. Second from the right is Kuo Chao-lin, a Taiwanese scientist who designed the detector used in the discovery.

Marc Kamionkowski
Physicist, Johns Hopkins University
This is not something that’s just a home run but a grand slam. It’s the smoking gun for inflation.

Scientists theorized that the Big Bang 14 billion years ago and the rapid expansion that followed initiated ripples in space-time known as gravitational waves. For years they believed that those ripples exist but they could never find direct evidence. This group found distortion in the microwave energy left over from the Big Bang that it believes could only be gravitational waves.

Mordecai-Mark Mac Low
American Museum of Natural History
The theory of cosmic inflation, something that had been hypothesized for 30 years, and now here is a direct prediction made by that theory that has been confirmed.

The team conducted research in the South Pole because its dry, clear climate makes it ideal for observing microwaves from the Big Bang. The Taiwanese scientist, Kuo, describes the remote location as a kind of home away from home. In two weeks time, Kuo is expected to return to Taiwan.