Analysis of CP violation in neutralino decays to tau sleptons

In the minimal supersymmetric (SUSY) standard model, tau sleptons ${\stackrel{\ifmmode \tilde{}\else \~{}\fi{}}{\ensuremath{\tau}}}_{1,2}$ and neutralinos ${\stackrel{\ifmmode \tilde{}\else \~{}\fi{}}{\ensuremath{\chi}}}_{1,2}^{0}$ are expected to be among the lightest supersymmetric particles that can be produced copiously at future ${e}^{+}{e}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ linear colliders. We analyze $\stackrel{\ifmmode \tilde{}\else \~{}\fi{}}{\ensuremath{\tau}}$ pair and ${\stackrel{\ifmmode \tilde{}\else \~{}\fi{}}{\ensuremath{\chi}}}_{1}^{0}{\stackrel{\ifmmode \tilde{}\else \~{}\fi{}}{\ensuremath{\chi}}}_{2}^{0}$ production under the assumption ${m}_{{\stackrel{\ifmmode \tilde{}\else \~{}\fi{}}{\ensuremath{\chi}}}_{1}^{0}}l{m}_{{\stackrel{\ifmmode \tilde{}\else \~{}\fi{}}{\ensuremath{\tau}}}_{1}}l{m}_{{\stackrel{\ifmmode \tilde{}\else \~{}\fi{}}{\ensuremath{\chi}}}_{2}^{0}},$ allowing the relevant parameters of the SUSY Lagrangian to have complex phases. We show that the transverse and normal components of the polarization vector of the \ensuremath{\tau} lepton produced in ${\stackrel{\ifmmode \tilde{}\else \~{}\fi{}}{\ensuremath{\chi}}}_{2}^{0}$ decays offer sensitive probes of these phases.