We have measured inclusive distributions for charged particles in hadronic decays of the Z boson. The variables chosen for study were charged-particle multiplicity, scaled momentum, and momenta transverse to the sphericity axes. The distributions have been corrected for detector effects and are compared with data from ${\mathit{e}}^{+}$${\mathit{e}}^{\mathrm{-}}$ annihilation at lower energies and with the predictions of several QCD-based models. The data are in reasonable agreement with expectations.

• Received 18 December 1989

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.64.1334