  The dynamics of quarks and gauge fields in the lowest energy states in QCD
and QED interactions is studied by compactifying the (3+1)D space-time to the
(1+1)D space-time with cylindrical symmetry and by combining Schwinger's
longitudinal confinement in (1+1)D with Polyakov's transverse confinement in
(2+1)D. Using the action integral, we separate out the transverse and
longitudinal degrees of freedom. By solving the derived transverse and
longitudinal equations, we study the QCD and QED collective excitations. In
addition to the well known QCD low-energy states, we find stable collective QED
excitations showing up as massive QED-confined mesons, in support of previous
studies. In particular, the masses of the recently observed X17 particle at
about 17 MeV and the E38 particle at about 38 MeV are calculated in the
developed approach, in good agreement with experimental results.
