Transverse momentum and angular distributions of hadrons in e+e− jets from QCD

Hadron jets in e⁺e^? annihilation will broaden at high energies due to gluon bremsstrahlung. With nonperturbative p_T effects dying out rapidly, the basic features of hadron jets can be calculated in perturbation theory. We examine the p_T distribution of secondarily produced hadrons. This is uniquely connected with the deviation from the 1 + cos²θ dependence of single particle inclusive distributions. We discuss what can be learned about the gluon fragmentation given the p_T and/or angular distributions. A sum rule is derived which establishes a relationship between the average p_T² and α_S.