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Just out of curiosity, is "discover" really the correct terminology here? Didn't these scientists, more correctly, observe the Higgs? Not only that, but didn't

Just out of curiosity, is "discover" really the correct terminology here? Didn't these scientists, more correctly, observe the Higgs? Not only that, but didn't they also observe phenomena that coincides with the existence of the Higgs without actual observation? I'm not arguing with the title, simply curious as to what the correct terminology is for when something is previously hypothesized as being in existence.

sp332 14y ago
They didn't know if it existed or not. Now they know it exists. Most high-energy particle physics is done by analyzing decay products of short-lived particles, so I don't begrudge them that.
zerostar07 14y ago
It was covered, and now somehow unveiled. They didn't invent it though.