A separate SU(2) for the third family: Topflavor

Abstract

We consider an extended gauge group for the electroweak interaction: SU(2)_1 \times SU(2)_2 \times U(1)_Y where the first and second generations of fermions couple to SU(2)_1 while the third generation couples to SU(2)_2. Bounds based on precision observables and heavy gauge boson searchesare placed on the new parameters of the theory, and the potential of the theory to explain R_b and R_c is explored. We investigate processes that could produce observable signals at the LHC and NLC.

3 pages, Latex, uses espcrc2.sty. 2 figures included. Talk given at SUSY `96, College Park, MD, May 29 - June 1, 1996

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