The rare K-decays and $Z^0$-penguin contributions in the Topcolor-assisted technicolor models

Abstract

We calculate the new contributions to the rare decays $K^+ \to \pi^+ \nu \bar \nu$, $K_L \to \pi^0 \nu \bar \nu$ and $K_L \to \mu^+ \mu^-$ from new $Z^0$-penguin and box diagrams induced by the unit-charged scalars $(\tilde{\pi}^\pm, \tilde{H}^\pm, \pi_1^\pm, \pi_8^\pm)$ appeared in the Topcolor-assisted technicolor (TC2) models. We find that: (a) the unit-charged top-pion $\tilde{\pi}^\pm$ and b-pion $\tilde{H}^\pm$ can provide large contributions to the rare K-decays if they are relatively light; (b) the size of mixing elements $D_{L,R}^{ij}$ ($i \neq j$) is strongly constrained by the data of $B^0$ meson mixing: $|a_R^{ts}|, |a_R^{td}| < 0.01$ for $a_L^{td}=a_L^{ts}=1/2$ and $m_{\tilde{H}^0}\leq 600GeV$; (c) the enhancements to the branching ratios of rare K-decays from new scalars can be as large as one order of magnitude; (d) there is a strong cancellation between the short- and long-distance dispersive part of the decay $K_L \to \mu^+ \mu^-$, the constraint on the new short-distance part from this decay mode is thus not strong; (e) the typical TC2 model under study is generally consistent with the available rare K-decay data.