2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/180632We determine the static potential for a heavy quark-antiquark pair from the spontaneous symmetry breaking of scale invariance in a non-Abelian gauge theory. Our calculation is done within the framework of the gauge-invariant, path-dependent, variables formalism. The result satisfies the 't Hooft basic criterion for achieving confinement.13 pages, Latex, no figures; final version accepted for publication in PLB, new references and comments, physical results unchangedHigh Energy Physics - Theorytext