Can universality of the QCD evolution be checked in W boson decays into hadrons?

Abstract

Hadron multiplicity from $W$ boson is calculated in pQCD. The agreement of our theoretical predictions with the LEP data says in favor of universality of the QCD evolution in hard processes.

arXiv comment14 pages, 7 figures

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