The possibility of soliton states, resembling skyrmions, occurring in a hypercolor framework of the electroweak theory is discussed. This is done with a renormalizable linear-sigma-model realization of the soliton which may allow for new structure not far above the $W$ and $Z$ bosons in mass.

• Received 21 May 1985

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.57.515