Inelastic muon-neutron scattering: Charged-hadron multiplicities and prong cross sections

Based on approximately 10 000 inelastic muon scatters in a liquid deuterium target, we extract charged-hadron multiplicities and topological cross sections for events off the neutron in a range 0.3 < or = Q/sup 2/ < or = 4.5 GeV/sup 2/, 2.0 < or = W < or = 4.6 GeV. We find no significant changes in the multiplicity or topological fractional cross sections over the Q/sup 2/ range of our experiment. Empirically the average multiplicity off a neutron target is equal to that off a proton target over the Q/sup 2/ and W range of our experiment.