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Zenodo
2025
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17037567 |
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- <p><span>The Standard Model of particle physics, built upon the framework of local Quantum Field Theory, treats elementary particles as zero-dimensional, point-like entities. While this paradigm has achieved unprecedented phenomenological success, particularly in Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD), it is accompanied by conceptual challenges, most notably the requirement of renormalization to handle ultraviolet divergences. This paper introduces a Volumetric Gluon Model (VGM), a theoretical framework that challenges this foundational assumption by postulating that the gluon, the vector boson mediating the strong interaction, is a fundamental, non-local entity possessing an intrinsic three-dimensional character. This spatial extent is defined by a new fundamental energy scale, $ \Lambda_{VGM} $. It is demonstrated that this geometric foundation provides a more intuitive physical mechanism for color confinement, where the linear term of the QCD potential emerges from the interaction of extended gluon volumes. The model preserves the core SU(3)C gauge symmetry of QCD but modifies the high-energy behavior of the strong coupling constant, αs, offering a potential resolution to the Landau pole problem. Furthermore, the VGM predicts a new class of verifiable experimental signatures, including specific modifications to jet substructures observable at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and, most significantly, the existence of excited gluon resonances (g∗) that would manifest as new peaks in the dijet invariant mass spectrum. The VGM thus presents a conservative yet falsifiable extension to the Standard Model, offering a novel perspective on the fundamental nature of the strong force.</span></p>