Top decay in topcolor-assisted technicolor

被引:25
作者
Balaji, B
机构
[1] Physics Department, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215
关键词
model; technicolor; decay; topquark;
D O I
10.1016/S0370-2693(96)01606-1
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
Conventional technicolor models with light charged technipions (pi(T)(+/-)) lead to an unacceptably large contribution to t --> pi(T)(+)b decay rate. Topcolor-assisted technicolor models also have additional PGBs called top-pions (pi(t)(+/-)) which may contribute to this decay. We study the potentially dangerous mixing of charged top-pion and technipions in toy models of 'natural' topcolor-assisted technicolor. We find that the t --> pi(t,T)(+)b decay rate in such models can be within experimental limits due to a combination of heavy top-pion and small pi(t) --> pi(T) mixing.
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页码:89 / 93
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