NEW SIGNATURE FOR GAUGE MEDIATED SUPERSYMMETRY BREAKING

In theories with gauge mediated supersymmetry breaking, the scalar tau , (<(tau over tilde>(1)), is the lightest superpartner for a large ran ge of the parameter space. At the large electron-positron collider (LE P2) this scenario can give rise to events with four tau leptons and la rge missing energy. Two of the tau's (coming from the decays of <(tau) over tilde>(1)'s) will have large energy and transverse momentum, and can have similar sign electrical charges. Such events are very differe nt from the usual photonic events that have been widely studied, and c ould be a very distinct signal for the discovery of supersymmetry.