We have measured the azimuthal correlation of hadrons produced in ${\mathit{e}}^{+}$${\mathit{e}}^{\mathrm{-}}$ annihilations at √s =58 GeV. In perturbative QCD these correlations are sensitive to the interference between soft gluons emitted at large angles with respect to the event axis. However, Monte carlo calculations incorporating QCD-inspired hadronization models in which the correlation of interjet particles is treated in a phenomenological manner describe the data well. We also observe that angular ordering of the parton showering in the lund Monte Carlo program improves the agreement with the data.

• Received 14 November 1994

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.52.4872