Multiple hadron production in e + e − annihilation induced by heavy primary quarks: A new analysis

In this paper we present an analysis of the multiple hadron production induced by primary heavy quarks in e ⁺ e ⁻ annihilation with an account of the most complete and corrected experimental data. In the framework of perturbative QCD, new theoretical bounds on the asymptotically constant differences of the multiplicities in processes with light and heavy quarks are given. The text was submitted by the authors in English.