(B)over-bar-B mixing constrains topcolor-assisted technicolor

Abstract

We argue that extended technicolor augmented with topcolor requires that all mixing between the third and the first two quark generations resides in the mixing matrix of left-handed down quarks. Then, the B̄d – Bd mixing that occurs in topcolor models constrains the coloron and Z′ boson masses to be greater than about 5 TeV. This implies fine tuning of the topcolor couplings to better than 1%.