Abstract

Supersymmetric models generally invoke R parity to ensure that baryon and lepton numbers are symmetries of the renormalizable operators of the low-energy effective theory. The phenomenology of lepton-number violation is analyzed in low-energy models in which R parity is explicitly broken by superrenormalizable operators. Constraints on lepton-number violating parameters are found to be mild. The photino is able to decay, avoiding a stringent cosmological lower bound on its mass. Alternatives to R parity are considered in the context of an SU(5) grand unified model coupled to N=1 supergravity. One possibility, θ parity, leads to new mechanisms for baryon- number violation in addition to lepton-number violation.

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