  We propose a general method for finding a string-like meson spectrum which is
based on a certain condition for the breaking of closed gluon string. A model
is constructed that successfully realizes the proposed method. The model is
based on the holographic Soft Wall model for QCD and the use of the Wilson
confinement criterion. We applied our approach to the vector and scalar cases
and obtained numerical predictions for the intercepts of corresponding Regge
like radial meson spectra. A good agreement is obtained both with the existing
experimental data and with some other known phenomenological approaches.
Remarkably, our closed string breaking condition has two branches. We argue
that they should correspond to states of opposite parity. The Wilson
confinement criterion leads then to a natural mass splitting between parity
partners. The constructed model represents thus the first example of bottom-up
holographic model in which the effects of chiral symmetry breaking can emerge
automatically, i.e., without additional assumptions taken outside of the
holographic approach.
