Abstract
The basic dynamic properties of two-particle bound states of “quarks” and “gluons” are investigated within a simple relativistic quantum field model with the Yukawa interaction. Provided with an analytic confinement of the constituent particles and small coupling constant, this model explains qualitatively the experimental evidence: the quarks and gluons are confined, the final bound states are stable, massless gluons constitute the glueballs and the Regge trajectories of “mesonic” orbital excitations are asymptotically linear.
- Received 20 March 2001
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.65.054012
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