LOW-ENERGY TECHNICOLOR LAGRANGIAN WITH VECTOR-MESONS

We apply techniques used in QCD and the implied chiral symmetry to motivate a low-energy Lagrangian for technicolor theories. This allows one to cleanly introduce the gluon and the weak gauge bosons at the technifermion level. The Higgs mechanism and techni-vector-meson dominance are displayed. The effect of vector dominance on the W and Z masses, the techni- and techn couplings, and the sizable enhancement by the latter on W and Z production are demonstrated. Differences between our results and some published results are discussed. The incorporation of extended technicolor interactions is also presented. © 1990 The American Physical Society.