Light Gluino Searches at the AGS
Contact person - John Kane (804)221-3518 kane@wmheg.physics.wm.edu
Members of AGS E871 have been considering the possibility of directing attention in the future to a test for evidence of R-mesons. Such a study might be possible upon the completion of the E871 program. The R-meson,or glueballino,is a long-lived gluon-gluino bound state arising in a scenario in which the gluino and photino are very light supersymmetric particles. Interest in this topic has developed in response to the work of Farrar on supersymmetry.and the work of Carlson and Sher on the R meson production cross section. Various decay modes are anticipated. Among them a pi+,pi-,photino final state is of interest. A study could be envisioned which utilizes the B5 neutral beam & the E871 detector in its present state. Other approaches which use pi-, K-, or pbar beams should also be considered.