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# TOPICAL REVIEW: Event shapes in e+e- annihilation and deep inelastic scattering

Journal of Physics G Nuclear and Particle Physics (Impact Factor: 2.84). 01/2004; 30(5). DOI: 10.1088/0954-3899/30/5/R01
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ABSTRACT This review examines the status of event-shape studies in e+e- annihilation and DIS. It includes discussions of perturbative calculations, of various approaches to modelling hadronization and of comparisons to data.

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