Abstract
The matrix elements of the reaction e/sup +/e/sup -/ ..-->.. n..pi.. are expressed in terms of overlap integral of outcoming meson Bethe-Salpeter (B-S) amplitude. Since the B-S amplitudes of high energy mesons receive a strong Lorentz contraction, the overlap integral imposes a restriction on the outcoming momenta and predicts that the meson momenta must be separated into two narrow jets. A maximum of the overlap integral predicts a special type of distribution for meson momenta and charges in a jet, which can be tested by experiment. As the strong ordering low derived there gives no interference between the final meson states, the meson production cross sections are interpreted as quark and antiquark production by a virtual ..gamma.. and their subsequent cascade decays. It is shown that the quark in this interpretation is purely light-like and has nothing to do with real quark mass. An inclusion of a vector meson in a jet gives a correct angular dependence of the jet axis and incorporates the spin /sup 1///sub 2/ nature of the light-like quark. A scaling low is also predicted for the momentum distributions of mesons emitted by the light-like quark.
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