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?<p>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.
"they had at last confirmed the existence of the elusive Higgs boson"<p>Last I heard they have not yet found the Higgs boson, they found something that is LIKE the Higgs boson. Is this not correct?
Out of curiosity: Even if they discover higgs boson, is there any chance for standard model to be changed again later on? (when somehow we discover yet another component)