Limits on Pseudoscalar Bosons From Rare $Z$ Decays at LEP

Abstract

Current LEP data on rare $Z$ decays constrain nonminimal technicolor models that contain light neutral pseudo-Nambu-Goldstone bosons ($P^a$). We discuss the production and decay of such particles, and show how LEP data on $\gamma \gamma \gamma$, $\gamma +E/$ and $\gamma +$hadrons constrain the size of the technicolor gauge group and the strength of the $Z\gamma P^a$ coupling. The limits are then applied to several specific technicolor scenarios.

13 pages, harvmac and epsf, 3 figures. Full postscript version including figures available at http://smyrd.bu.edu/htfigs/htfigs.html

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