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arxiv: hep-ph/9406416 · v2 · pith:7WNG2PYAnew · submitted 1994-06-29 · ✦ hep-ph

The Electroweak Chiral Lagrangian and CP-Violating Effects in Technicolor Theories

classification ✦ hep-ph
keywords cp-violatingtechnicolorlargemboxtheorieschiraldipoleeffects
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We estimate the CP-violating $WW\gamma$ and $WWZ$ anomalous form factors, arising from CP-violating interactions in extended technicolor theories, and discuss their future experimental detectability. The electric dipole moment of the $W$ boson is found to be as large as ${\cal O}(10^{-21}) \; \mbox{$e$ cm}$. We connect the CP-odd $WW\gamma$ and $WWZ$ couplings to the corresponding CP-violating electroweak chiral lagrangian operators. The electric dipole moments of the neutron and the electron in technicolor theories are estimated to be as large as ${\cal O}(10^{-26}) \; \mbox{$e$ cm}$ and ${\cal O}(10^{-29}) \; \mbox{$e$ cm}$ respectively. We also suggest the potential to observe large CP-violating technicolor effects in the decay $t \rightarrow b + W^+$.

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