%0 Journal Article
%T The Confining String from the Soft Dilaton Theorem
%A Enrique Alvarez
%A Cesar Gomez
%J Physics
%D 1999
%I arXiv
%R 10.1016/S0550-3213(99)00680-X
%X A candidate for the confining string of gauge theories is constructed via a representation of the ultraviolet divergences of quantum field theory by a closed string dilaton insertion, computed through the soft dilaton theorem. The resulting (critical) confining string is conformally invariant, singles out naturally $d=4$ dimensions, and can not be used to represent theories with Landau poles.
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9907158v3