Eur. Phys. J. C 22, 17-29 (2001)
DOI: 10.1007/s1005201O0782

Search for technicolor with DELPHI

The DELPHI Collaboration¹, J. Abdallah², P. Abreu³, W. Adam⁴, P. Adzic⁵, T. Albrecht⁶, T. Alderweireld⁷, R. Alemany-Fernandez⁸, P.P. Allport⁹, S. Almehed¹⁰, T. Almendinger⁶, U. Amaldi¹¹, N. Amapane¹², S. Amato¹³, E. Anashkin¹⁴, A. Andreazza¹⁵, S. Andringa³, N. Anjos³, P. Antilogus¹⁶, W-D. Apel⁶, Y. Arnoud¹⁷, S. Ask¹⁰, B. Asman¹⁸, J.E. Augustin², A. Augustinus⁸, P. Baillon⁸, A. Ballestrero¹², P. Bambade¹⁹, R. Barbier¹⁶, D. Bardin²⁰, G. Barker⁶, A. Baroncelli²¹, M. Battaglia⁸, M. Baubillier², K-H. Becks²², M. Begalli²³, A. Behrmann²², T. Bellunato⁸, N. Benekos²⁴, A. Benvenuti²⁵, C. Berat¹⁷, M. Berggren², L. Berntzon¹⁸, D. Bertrand⁷, M. Besancon²⁶, N. Besson²⁶, D. Bloch²⁷, M. Blom²⁸, I. Boiko²⁰, M. Bonesini¹¹, M. Boonekamp²⁶, P.S.L. Booth⁹, G. Borisov^{8, 29}, O. Botner³⁰, B. Bouquet¹⁹, T.J.V. Bowcock⁹, M. Bracko³¹, R. Brenner³⁰, E. Brodet³², J. Brodzicka³³, P. Bruckman³³, J.M. Brunet³⁴, L. Bugge³⁵, P. Buschmann²², M. Calvi¹¹, T. Camporesi⁸, V. Canale³⁶, F. Carena⁸, C. Carimalo², N. Castro³, F. Cavallo²⁵, M. Chapkin³⁷, Ph. Charpentier⁸, P. Checchia¹⁴, R. Chierici⁸, P. Chliapnikov³⁷, S.U. Chung⁸, K. Cieslik³³, P. Collins⁸, R. Contri³⁸, G. Cosme¹⁹, F. Cossutti³⁹, M.J. Costa⁴⁰, B. Crawley¹, D. Crennell⁴¹, J. Cuevas⁴², J. D'Hondt⁷, J. Dalmau¹⁸, T. da Silva¹³, W. Da Silva², G. Della Ricca³⁹, A. De Angelis³⁹, W. De Boer⁶, C. De Clercq⁷, B. De Lotto³⁹, N. De Maria¹², A. De Min¹⁴, L. de Paula¹³, L. Di Ciaccio³⁶, A. Di Simone²¹, K. Doroba⁴³, J. Drees²², M. Dris²⁴, G. Eigen⁴⁴, T. Ekelof³⁰, M. Ellert³⁰, M. Elsing⁸, M.C. Espirito Santo⁸, G. Fanourakis⁵, D. Fassouliotis⁵, M. Feindt⁶, J. Fernandez⁴⁵, A. Ferrer⁴⁰, F. Ferro³⁸, U. Flagmeyer²², H. Foeth⁸, E. Fokitis²⁴, F. Fulda-Quenzer¹⁹, J. Fuster⁴⁰, M. Gandelman¹³, C. Garcia⁴⁰, Ph. Gavillet⁸, E. Gazis²⁴, D. Gele²⁷, T. Geralis⁵, R. Gokieli^{8, 43}, B. Golob³¹, G. Gomez-Ceballos⁴⁵, P. Goncalves³, E. Graziani²¹, G. Grosdidier¹⁹, K. Grzelak⁴³, J. Guy⁴¹, C. Haag⁶, F. Hahn⁸, S. Hahn²², A. Hallgren³⁰, K. Hamacher²², K. Hamilton³², J. Hansen³⁵, S. Haug³⁵, F. Hauler⁶, V. Hedberg¹⁰, M. Hennecke⁶, H. Herr⁸, S-O. Holmgren¹⁸, P.J. Holt³², M.A. Houlden⁹, K. Hultqvist¹⁸, O. Iouchtchenko³⁷, J.N. Jackson⁹, P. Jalocha³³, Ch. Jarlskog¹⁰, G. Jarlskog¹⁰, P. Jarry²⁶, D. Jeans³², E.K. Johansson¹⁸, P.D. Johansson¹⁸, P. Jonsson¹⁶, C. Joram⁸, L. Jungermann⁶, F. Kapusta², S. Katsanevas¹⁶, E. Katsoufis²⁴, R. Keranen⁶, G. Kernel³¹, B.P. Kersevan^{8, 31}, A. Kiiskinen⁴⁶, B.T. King⁹, N.J. Kjaer⁸, P. Kluit²⁸, P. Kokkinias⁵, C. Kourkoumelis⁴⁷, O. Kouznetsov²⁰, Z. Krumstein²⁰, M. Kucharczyk³³, J. Kurowska⁴³, B. Laforge², J. Lamsa¹, G. Leder⁴, F. Ledroit¹⁷, L. Leinonen¹⁸, R. Leitner⁴⁸, J. Lemonne⁷, G. Lenzen²², V. Lepeltier¹⁹, T. Lesiak³³, W. Liebig²², D. Liko^{8, 4}, A. Lipniacka¹⁸, J.H. Lopes¹³, J.M. Lopez⁴², D. Loukas⁵, P. Lutz²⁶, L. Lyons³², J. MacNaughton⁴, A. Malek²², S. Maltezos²⁴, F. Mandl⁴, J. Marco⁴⁵, R. Marco⁴⁵, B. Marechal¹³, M. Margoni¹⁴, J-C. Marin⁸, C. Mariotti⁸, A. Markou⁵, C. Martinez-Rivero⁴⁵, J. Masik⁴⁸, N. Mastroyiannopoulos⁵, F. Matorras⁴⁵, C. Matteuzzi¹¹, F. Mazzucato¹⁴, M. Mazzucato¹⁴, R. Mc Nulty⁹, C. Meroni¹⁵, T. Meyer¹, E. Migliore¹², W. Mitaroff⁴, U. Mjoernmark¹⁰, T. Moa¹⁸, M. Moch⁶, K. Moenig^{8, 49}, R. Monge³⁸, J. Montenegro²⁸, D. Moraes¹³, S. Moreno³, P. Morettini³⁸, U. Mueller²², K. Muenich²², M. Mulders²⁸, L. Mundim²³, W. Murray⁴¹, B. Muryn⁵⁰, G. Myatt³², T. Myklebust³⁵, M. Nassiakou⁵, F. Navarria²⁵, K. Nawrocki⁴³, S. Nemecek⁴⁸, R. Nicolaidou²⁶, P. Niezurawski⁴³, M. Nikolenko^{20, 27}, A. Nygren¹⁰, A. Oblakowska-Mucha⁵⁰, V. Obraztsov³⁷, A. Olshevski²⁰, A. Onofre³, R. Orava⁴⁶, K. Osterberg⁸, A. Ouraou²⁶, A. Oyanguren⁴⁰, M. Paganoni¹¹, S. Paiano²⁵, J.P. Palacios⁹, H. Palka³³, Th.D. Papadopoulou²⁴, L. Pape⁸, C. Parkes⁹, F. Parodi³⁸, U. Parzefall⁹, A. Passeri²¹, O. Passon²², L. Peralta³, V. Perepelitsa⁴⁰, A. Perrotta²⁵, A. Petrolini³⁸, J. Piedra⁴⁵, L. Pieri²¹, F. Pierre²⁶, M. Pimenta³, E. Piotto⁸, T. Podobnik³¹, V. Poireau²⁶, M.E. Pol²³, G. Polok³³, P. Poropat³⁹, V. Pozdniakov²⁰, P. Privitera³⁶, N. Pukhaeva^{7, 20}, A. Pullia¹⁵, J. Rames⁴⁸, L. Ramler⁶, A. Read³⁵, P. Rebecchi⁸, J. Rehn⁶, D. Reid²⁸, R. Reinhardt²², P. Renton³², D. Riabtchikov³⁷, F. Richard¹⁹, J. Ridky⁴⁸, I. Ripp-Baudot²⁷, P. Rodriguez⁴⁵, A. Romero¹², P. Ronchese¹⁴, E. Rosenberg¹, P. Roudeau¹⁹, T. Rovelli²⁵, V. Ruhlmann-Kleider²⁶, A. Sadovsky²⁰, L. Salmi⁴⁶, J. Salt⁴⁰, A. Savoy-Navarro², C. Schwanda⁴, B. Schwering²², U. Schwickerath⁸, A. Segar³², R. Sekulin⁴¹, M. Siebel²², A. Sisakian²⁰, G. Smadja¹⁶, O. Smirnova¹⁰, A. Sokolov³⁷, A. Sopczak²⁹, R. Sosnowski⁴³, T. Spassov⁸, M. Stanitzki⁶, A. Stocchi¹⁹, J. Strauss⁴, B. Stugu⁴⁴, M. Szczekowski⁴³, M. Szeptycka⁴³, T. Szumlak⁵⁰, T. Tabarelli¹¹, A.C. Taffard⁹, F. Tegenfeldt³⁰, F. Terranova¹¹, J. Timmermans²⁸, N. Tinti²⁵, L. Tkatchev²⁰, M. Tobin⁹, S. Todorovova⁸, B. Tome³, A. Tonazzo¹⁵, P. Tortosa⁴⁰, P. Travnicek⁴⁸, D. Treille⁸, G. Tristram³⁴, M. Trochimczuk⁴³, C. Troncon¹⁵, I.A. Tyapkin²⁰, P. Tyapkin²⁰, S. Tzamarias⁵, O. Ullaland⁸, V. 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1</sup>  Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University, Ames IA 50011-3160, USA
²  LPNHE, IN2P3-CNRS, Univ. Paris VI et VII, Tour 33 (RdC), 4 place Jussieu, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France
³  LIP, IST, FCUL - Av. Elias Garcia, 14- 1^o, 1000 Lisboa Codex, Portugal
⁴  Institut für Hochenergiephysik, Österr. Akad. d. Wissensch., Nikolsdorfergasse 18, 1050 Vienna, Austria
⁵  Institute of Nuclear Physics, N.C.S.R. Demokritos, P.O. Box 60228, 15310 Athens, Greece
⁶  Institut für Experimentelle Kernphysik, Universität Karlsruhe, Postfach 6980, 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany
⁷  Physics Department, Universiteit Antwerpen, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Antwerpen, Belgium and IIHE, ULB-VUB, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium and Faculté des Sciences, Univ. de l'Etat Mons, Av. Maistriau 19, 7000 Mons, Belgium
⁸  CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
⁹  Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, P.O. Box 147, Liverpool L69 3BX, UK
¹⁰  Department of Physics, University of Lund, Sölvegatan 14, 223 63 Lund, Sweden
¹¹  Dipartimento di Fisica, Univ. di Milano-Bicocca and INFN-MILANO, Piazza delle Scienze 2, 20126 Milan, Italy
¹²  Dipartimento di Fisica Sperimentale, Università di Torino and INFN, Via P. Giuria 1, 10125 Turin, Italy
¹³  Univ. Federal do Rio de Janeiro, C.P. 68528 Cidade Univ., Ilha do Fundão 21945-970 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
¹⁴  Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova and INFN, Via Marzolo 8, 35131 Padua, Italy
¹⁵  Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano and INFN-MILANO, Via Celoria 16, 20133 Milan, Italy
¹⁶  Université Claude Bernard de Lyon, IPNL, IN2P3-CNRS, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France
¹⁷  Institut des Sciences Nucléaires, IN2P3-CNRS, Université de Grenoble 1, 38026 Grenoble Cedex, France
¹⁸  Fysikum, Stockholm University, Box 6730, 113 85 Stockholm, Sweden
¹⁹  Université de Paris-Sud, Lab. de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3-CNRS, Bât. 200, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
²⁰  Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Head Post Office, P.O. Box 79, 101 000 Moscow, Russian Federation
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²⁴  National Technical University, Physics Department, Zografou Campus, 15773 Athens, Greece
²⁵  Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Bologna and INFN, Via Irnerio 46, 40126 Bologna, Italy
²⁶  DAPNIA/Service de Physique des Particules, CEA-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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²⁹  School of Physics and Chemistry, University of Landcaster, Lancaster LA1 4YB, UK
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³¹  J. Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia and Laboratory for Astroparticle Physics, Nova Gorica Polytechnic, Kostanjeviska 16a, 5000 Nova Gorica, Slovenia, and Department of Physics, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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³³  Institute of Nuclear Physics,Ul. Kawiory 26a, 30055 Krakow, Poland
³⁴  Collège de France, Lab. de Physique Corpusculaire, IN2P3-CNRS, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
³⁵  Physics Department, University of Oslo, Blindern, 1000 Oslo 3, Norway
³⁶  Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma II and INFN, Tor Vergata, 00173 Rome, Italy
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⁴¹  Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot OX11 OQX, UK
⁴²  Dpto. Fisica, Univ. Oviedo, Avda. Calvo Sotelo s/n, 33007 Oviedo, Spain
⁴³  Inst. Nuclear Studies and University of Warsaw, Ul. Hoza 69, 00681 Warsaw, Poland
⁴⁴  Department of Physics, University of Bergen, Allégaten 55, 5007 Bergen, Norway
⁴⁵  Instituto de Fisica de Cantabria (CSIC-UC), Avda. los Castros s/n, 39006 Santander, Spain
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⁴⁹  Now at DESY-Zeuthen, Platanenallee 6, 15735 Zeuthen, Germany
⁵⁰  Faculty of Physics and Nuclear Techniques, University of Mining and Metallurgy, 30055 Krakow, Poland

(Received: 10 August 2001 / Published online: 5 November 2001 - © Springer-Verlag / Società Italiana di Fisica 2001 )

Abstract
Technicolor represents a viable alternative to the Higgs mechanism for generating gauge boson masses. Searches for technicolor particles and have been performed in the data collected by the DELPHI experiment at LEP at centre-of-mass energies between 192 and 208 GeV corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 452 pb ^-1. Good agreement is observed with the SM expectation in all channels studied. This is translated into an excluded region in the plane. The production is excluded for all GeV/c ². Assuming a point-like interaction of the with gauge bosons, an absolute lower limit on the charged mass at 95% CL is set at 79.8 GeV/c ², independently of other parameters of the technicolor model.

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