A HEAVY TOP-QUARK AND THE ZB(B)OVER-BAR VERTEX IN NON-COMMUTING EXTENDED TECHNICOLOR

被引:126
作者
CHIVUKULA, RS
SIMMONS, EH
TERNING, J
机构
[1] Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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10.1016/0370-2693(94)91068-5
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
We explore corrections to electroweak parameters in the context of Extended Technicolor (ETC) models in which the ETC gauge-boson which generates the top-quark mass carries weak SU (2) charge. For m(t) approximately 150 GeV there exist potentially large corrections to the Z decay width to b-quarks. Interestingly, in contrast to the situation in ETC models where the gauge-boson which generates the top-quark mass is a weak SU (2) singlet, the corrections may increase the Z --> bbBAR branching ratio.
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