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Technicolor theories with negative values of the Peskin-Takeuchi electroweak parameter [ital S]

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters; (United States)
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  1. Theoretical Physics Group, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720 (United States) Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720 (United States)
We show that the pseudo Nambu-Goldstone boson contribution to the Peskin-Takeuchi electroweak parameter [ital S] can be negative in a class of technicolor theories. This negative contribution can be large enough to cancel the positive technihadron contribution, showing that electroweak precision tests alone cannot be used to rule out technicolor as the mechanism of electroweak symmetry breaking.
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00098
OSTI ID:
6819103
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters; (United States), Journal Name: Physical Review Letters; (United States) Vol. 70:5; ISSN 0031-9007; ISSN PRLTAO
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English