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.