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Why the Higg's Boson was only named after Peter Higgs?

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He was among the first to propose its existence.

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In July of 2012, physicists found it. This last boson was named the Higgs, after the British physicist Peter Higgs, who was among the first to propose its existence.

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Because the first person who explicitly predicting that theory is Peter Higgs.

There are a group of scientists who worked together to developed the Higgs Boson ttheory such as Jon Botterworth , but the particle finally named after Peter Higgs out of respect since he's the one who 1st explicitly predict it

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