THE PRODUCTION OF MANY MESONS IN THE COLLISION OF TWO NUCLEONS IS DESCRIBED AS A SHOCK WAVE PROCESS REPRESENTED BY A NONLINEAR WAVE EQUATION. THE QUANTUM-THEORETICAL FEATURES OF THE PROCESS CAN THEN BE CONSIDERED A HIGH QUANTUM NUMBER PROCESS. STATEMENTS ON THE ENERGETIC AND ANGULAR DISTRIBUTIONS OF THE VARIOUS TYPES OF MESONS ARISE FROM THE SOLUTIONS OF THE NONLINEAR WAVE EQUATION.