The present experimental constraints on the existence of light charged and neutral electroweak scalar particles are summarized. Within the context of an explicit extended technicolor model, we discuss prospects for the detection of light scalars in p¯p collisions at energies up to 2 TeV, in $e^{+}$$e^{\mathrm{-}}$ collisions at energies up to the $Z^0$ mass, and in fixed-target hadron-hadron collisions. In addition the production cross sections of the other expected scalars are computed and decay signatures are explored.

• Received 24 December 1985

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.34.1547