Direct Tests of Dynamical Electroweak Symmetry Breaking

Abstract

We review the connection between $m_t$ and the $Zb\bar{b}$ vertex in ETC models and discuss the resulting experimental constraint on models with weak-singlet ETC bosons. We mention several recent efforts to bring ETC models into agreement with this constraint, and explore the most promising one (non-commuting ETC) in detail.

Comments: Talk given by E.H.S at the International Symposium on Heavy Flavor and Electroweak Theory in Beijing, 17-19 August, 1995 and the Yukawa International Seminar `95 in Kyoto, 21-26 August, 1995. Latex (uses epsf). 10 pages. 2 figures. Full postscript version available at http://smyrd.bu.edu/htfigs/htfigs.html