Continuum Contributions to Vector-Meson Decays

A model for estimating continuum contributions to vector-meson propagators is constructed and used to predict the rate of vector-meson decay into lepton pairs, and a modification of the SU(3) prediction for the rate of $\varphi$ decay into $K+\overline{K}$. We also compare the pion electromagnetic form factor obtained in our model with that determined by the Novosibirsk group using the reaction $e^{+}+e^{-}\to {\pi }^{+}+{\pi }^{-}$.