====== TTP93-34 Hadron Radiation in Leptonic $Z$ Decays ====== The rate for the final state radiation of hadrons in leptonic $Z$ decays is evaluated, using as input experimental data for $\sigma (e^+e^-\to hadrons)$ in the low energy region. Configurations with a lepton pair of large and a hadronic state of low invariant mass are dominant. A relative rate $\Gamma_{l\bar l had}/\Gamma_{l\bar l}=6.3\times 10^{-4}$ is calculated. This result is about twice the prediction based on a parton model calculation with a quark mass of $300$ MeV. The rate for secondary production of heavy quarks is calculated in the same formalism. |**A.H. Hoang, M. Je\.zabek, J.H. K\"uhn and T. Teubner** | |** Phys. Lett. B325 495--499 1994 ** | | {{preprints:1993:ttp93-34.pdf|PDF}} {{preprints:1993:ttp93-34.ps|PostScript}} | | |