Spontaneous CP-violation in extended technicolor models

Thesis/Dissertation · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:5794850

Goldstein, W H

The spontaneous CP-violation in models with dynamically broken weak interaction symmetries, i.e., extended technicolor models is examined. Attention is focussed on situations in which the global, flavor symmetry of the strong, color-technicolor, interactions is a product of chiral, horizontal U(2), or, when weak degrees of freedom are included, U(4) factors. In this context, we demonstrate the Eichten, Lane, Preskill CP-violation mechanism and show that the nemesis of this mechanism, strong CP-violation, can be easily avoided by imposing a discrete symmetry on the chiral perturbation. When strong CP-invariance is preserved by this means, we find that spontaneously generated CP-violating phases are suppressed by a ratio of extended technicolor mass scales. In addition, we consider, and attempt to analyze the direct contribution to strong CP-violation from colored technifermions.

• Research Organization: Columbia Univ., New York (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5794850
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Thesis (Ph. D.)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS
CP INVARIANCE
COLOR MODEL
STRONG INTERACTIONS
SYMMETRY BREAKING
WEAK INTERACTIONS
BASIC INTERACTIONS
COMPOSITE MODELS
INTERACTIONS
INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
PARTICLE MODELS
QUARK MODEL
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