Elementary cross sections for the production of supersymmetric partners of the known constituents and gauge bosons in collisions of quarks and gluons are calculated in tree approximation. Standard renormalization-group-improved parton-model methods are then used to estimate differential and integrated production cross sections in proton-proton and proton-antiproton collisions. For completeness, some analogous results are presented for electron-positron collisions. Decay modes, experimental signatures, and bounds on masses of supersymmetric partners are surveyed, and prospects for future searches are discussed.

• Received 21 November 1984

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.31.1581