THE MSSM AT THE LOW TAN-BETA FIXED-POINT IS META-STABLE

We analyse the mass spectrum of the Constrained Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model at the low tan beta fixed point. We find that the mode l only satisfies experimental and dark matter bounds in regions where the vacuum is meta-stable - i.e. where it violates 'unbounded from bel ow' (UFB) bounds. Adding a small amount of R-parity violation solves t hese problems but the absolute upper bound on the lowest higgs mass m( h)o < 97 GeV remains. We present the predicted sparticle mass spectrum as a function of the gluino mass m(g). (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.