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Anatomy of Top-Mode Extended Technicolor Model

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2008-11-26 v2

Abstract

We analyze two versions of the extended technicolor (ETC) incorporating the top quark condensate via the flavor-universal coloron type topcolor SU(3)1×SU(3)2SU(3)_1 \times SU(3)_2: A straightforward top-mode ETC having quarks and techniquarks assigned to a single (strong) SU(3)1SU(3)_1, and a ``twisted model'' with techniquarks carrying the weak SU(3)2SU(3)_2 while quarks the strong SU(3)1SU(3)_1. The straightforward model has the same ETC structure as that of Appelquist et al. without topcolor which we first analyze to find that it yields only too small ETC-induced mass for the third generation. In contrast, our model having topcolor takes the form of a version of the topcolor-assisted technicolor (TC2) after ETC breakings, which triggers the top quark condensate giving rise to a realistic top mass. However, techniquarks have the strong topcolor SU(3)1SU(3)_1 in addition to the already strong walking/conformal technicolor, which triggers the techniquark condensate at scale much higher than the weak scale, a disaster. We then consider a ``twisted model'' of TC2, though not an explicit ETC. We find a new feature that ``ETC''-induced quark mass is enhanced to the realistic value by the large anomalous dimension γm2\gamma_m \simeq 2 of Nambu-Jona-Lasinio-type topcolor interactions. The result roughly reproduces the realistic quark masses. We further find a novel effect of the above large anomalous dimension γm2\gamma_m \simeq 2: The top-pion mass has a universal upper bound, mπt<70\GeVm_{\pi_t} < 70 \GeV, in the generic TC2 model.

Cite

@article{arxiv.0801.3716,
  title  = {Anatomy of Top-Mode Extended Technicolor Model},
  author = {Hidenori Fukano and Koichi Yamawaki},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0801.3716},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

35 pages, 2 figures, to be published in Prog. Theor. Phys., upper bound of top-pion mass is modified to 70 GeV, other minor corrections

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