MULTIHADRON PRODUCTION FOR e e FOR FROM 50 TO 61 GeV, C. M. ENERGIES AND COMPARISON WITH MULTIHADRON PRODUCTION IN HADRONIC INTERACTIONS

Average values of< 1- T >where T is the thrust are presented for e: e: AMY data and are compared with their values in hadronic interactions. As far as possible, similar analysis techniques have been employed in the two different interactions. Similar variation with E is observed for this average in both data. The values of < PT> and < PL > relative to the thrust axis in e e are similar to those in hadronic interactions. The thrust distributions at the same energies for the two different data are in rather good agreement at the higher T values. At the lower T values, however, the e e distribution shows more enhancement than that for hadronic interactions. We discuss a possible explanation for all these features.