Exploiting Spin Correlations in Neutralino Production and Decay with Polarized e^- and e^+ Beams

We study the production process e^+ e^- -> chi^0_1 chi^0_2 and the subsequent decay chi^0_2 -> chi^0_1 l^+ l^- with polarized e^+ and e^- beams, including the spin correlations between production and decay. We work out the advantages of polarizing both beams. We study in detail the angular distribution and the forward–backward asymmetry of the decay lepton as well as the opening angle distribution between the decay leptons. We investigate the dependence on the masses of tilde{e}_L and tilde{e}_R and on the mixing character of the neutralinos. In particular we study the dependence on the gaugino mass parameter M_1.