Testing the viability of the E/sub T//sup miss/ signature in gluino production at the SSC

We report on a preliminary study at SSC energies of signatures and backgrounds for heavy gluinos in the minimal supersymmetric extension of the Standard Model. Unlike previous studies we account for the small branching ratio of gluinos to the lightest supersymmetric particle. We find that an E/sub T//sup miss/ signature is observable over the Standard Model background.