OBSERVABLE SIGNALS OF GAUGE-MEDIATED SUPERSYMMETRY BREAKING

The observable consequences of gauge-mediated supersymmetry breaking ( GMSB) are reviewed here. Implications of scenarios both with a neutral ino and a slepton as the next lightest supersymmetric particle (NLSP) are surveyed in relation to hadronic and e(+)e(-) colliders. We also d iscuss the phenomenological consequences of the NLSP decaying slowly, giving rise to delayed events in the detectors. The importance of dist inguishing signals of GMSB models from those of the commonly discussed supergravity-type theories is emphasized.