PROSPECTS FOR EXPLORING R-PARITY-VIOLATING SUSY IN 0-NU-BETA-BETA-DECAY EXPERIMENTS

Under the assumption of nonobservation of neutrinoless nuclear double beta decay (0 nu beta beta) constraints on the parameters of the R-p-v iolating supersymmetry ((R) over bar(p) SUSY) are considered at a give n lower bound on the half-life. The SUSY sensitivity of a beta beta-de caying isotope and the SUSY reach of a 0 nu beta beta experiment as de cisive characteristics are introduced. The first provides a physical c riterion for selecting the most promising isotopes for SUSY searches, while the second gives a measure of success for a 0 nu beta beta exper iment in exploring the (R) over bar(p) SUSY parameter space. On this b asis, prospects for exploring supersymmetry in various 0 nu beta beta experiments are discussed.