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Same bump, different channel: Higgs fakes from technicolor

Resonant production of a light, narrow techni-rho, followed by the decay $ρ_T \rightarrow W+π_T(jj)$ has been proposed as an explanation of the Wjj excess observed by CDF. If the $π_T$ decays to $τ+ν/τ^+ τ^-$ rather than to jets, subsequent leptonic $τ$ decay leads to $\ell^+\ell^- νν\barν\barν$, a final state that will be picked up by standard model $WW^{(*)} \rightarrow \ell^+\ell^-$ + MET Higgs searches. We point out that, for the same range of technicolor parameters required to fit the CDF Wjj excess, the correlated $\ell^+\ell^-$ + MET technicolor signal can have strength comparable to that of an intermediate-mass standard model Higgs boson, and therefore could be visible at the Tevatron or LHC.