Abstract
Nonperturbative corrections to an interaction Hamiltonian that are associated with relativistic motion and a large coupling constant are determined on the basis of an investigation of the asymptotic behavior of the polarization loop for charged scalar particles in an external gauge field. The mass spectrum of a bound state is determined analytically. The mechanism responsible for the emergence of the constituent mass of particles that form a bound state is explained. It is shown that the contribution of the vector potential and the contribution of the potential associated with a nonperturbative character of interaction cancel each other and that the slope of the Regge trajectory is determined in terms of the string tension.