Universally coupled extraZ bosons from extended technicolor models

We show that in extended technicolor models there are several neutralZ bosons whose couplings to fermions are independent of family. TheseZ bosons are therefore additional to that of the standard model and induce corrections to the low energy effective Hamiltonian. These corrections are calculated in the most general model which includes technileptons (introduced to give mass to leptons).     

Strength of the trilinear Higgs boson coupling in technicolor models

We discuss the strength of the trilinear Higgs boson coupling in technicolor (or composite) models in a model independent way. The coupling is determined as a function of a very general ansatz for the technicolor self-energy, and turns out to be equal or smaller than the one of the Standard Model Higgs boson depending on the dynamics of the theory.     

Gauge-invariant effective lagrangians for goldstone-like particles of supersymmetric technicolor models

We point out that generally the low-energy spectrum in supersymmetric technicolor models contains quasi-Goldstone fermions and quasi-Goldstone bosons in addition to the usual (pseudo)- Goldstone bosons. Using the language of Kähler geometry, we present a step-by-step procedure for constructing gauge-invariant non-linear lagrangians involving the fermionic and bosonic Goldstone particles in situations in which supersymmetry is preserved. Both the cases of fully gauged and partially gauged global symmetries are considered. We discuss the dynamical version of the super-Higgs mechanism, and we illustrate it with the supersymmetric Susskind-Weinberg technicolor model.     

The rare K decays and Z^0 penguin contributions in the topcolor-assisted technicolor models

We calculate the new contributions to the rare decays K, and from new Z penguin and box diagrams induced by the unit-charged scalars appearing in the topcolor-assisted technicolor (TC2) models. We find that: (a) the unit-charged top-pion and b-pion can provide large contributions to the rare K decays if they are relatively light; (b) the size of the mixing elements () is strongly constrained by the data of B meson mixing: for and GeV; (c) the enhancements to the branching ratios of rare K decays from new scalars can be as large as one order of magnitude; (d) there is a strong cancellation between the short- and the long-distance dispersive part of the decay , the constraint on the new short-distance part from this decay mode is thus not strong; (e) the typical TC2 model under study is generally consistent with the available rare K-decay data. Received: 24 November 1998 / Revised version: 16 February 1999 / Published online: 15 July 1999     

Search for charged Higgs,scalar tau's and a test of technicolor models

We have used our measurements of final states from e⁺e^? containing an isolated muon and a hadronic or electron shower to search for new spin 0 charged particles. We exclude (95% CL) a supersymmetric partner of the τ with a mass less than 14 GeV/c². We obtain upper limits on the branching ratio to τv_τ for charged Higgs particles or technipions with masses up to 14 GeV/c². This disagrees with some technicolor model predictions.     

Production of neutral pseudo-Goldstone bosons at LEP II and NLC in multiscale walking technicolor models

Walking technicolor (WTC) models predict the existence of heavy neutral pseudo-Goldstone bosons (PGBs), whose masses are typically expected to be larger than 100 GeV. In this paper, we investigate the production and decay of these particles at the high energy e⁺e⁻ experiments, LEP II and NLC.We find that, in WTC models, the production of neutral PGBs can be significantly enhanced, by one or two orders of magnitude, with respect to the predictions of traditional (QCD-like) TC models. The origin of such an enhancement is the existence of several low energy TC scales, that are likely to appear in WTC theories. This could allow the PGBs to be observed even at the energy and luminosity of the LEP II experiment. At LEP II, the PGBs are expected to be produced in the e⁺e⁻ → Pγ channel, and, possibly, in the e⁺e⁻ → Pe⁺e⁻ channel, with a total rate that can be of the order of several tenths per year. Due to the typical large values of PGB masses, the relative branching ratios of PGB decays, in WTC theories, are different from those predicted in traditional TC models. In particular, a large fraction of these decays can occur in the P → γγ channel. In considering the PGB production, at LEP II, we find that, in most of the final states, the distinctive signatures of WTC events should allow the Standard Model background to be reduced to a negligible level. We also find that, at a 500 GeV NLC experiment, the production of neutral PGBs can occur in several channels, and can be of the order of 10³ events per year. Instead, when we consider traditional TC models, we find that no PGB are typically predicted to be observed, both at LEP II and the NLC experiment.     

CP-Violation and axions in an effective technicolor model

CP violation is studied in an SO(10)⁵ effective technicolor model. One can generate a KM mixing matrix with a non-zero value for δ. The model has 5 chiral symmetries and hence 5 axions, of which 3 are invisible and 2 are heavy. Breaking these symmetries and minimizing the vacuum energy density fixes $\text{θ}$ to bezero. This solves the strong CP problem.     

A light scalar in low-scale technicolor

In addition to the narrow spin-one resonances ρT${\rho }_T$, ωT${\omega }_T$ and aT$a_T$ occurring in low-scale technicolor, there will be relatively narrow scalars in the mass range 200 to 600–700 GeV. We study the lightest isoscalar state, σT${\sigma }_T$. In several important respects it is like a heavy Higgs boson with a small vev. It may be discoverable with high luminosity at the LHC where it is produced via weak boson fusion and likely has substantial W⁺W⁻$W^{+}{W}^{-}$ and Z⁰Z⁰$Z^0{Z}^0$ decay modes.