Regge trajectories and the quark-gluon coupling constant

It is argued that vector gluons interacting with quarks produce logarithmic behavior of Regge trajectories at large momentum transfer, in agreement with proton-proton scattering data. It is found that g²4π=14, where g is the gluonic charge of the quarks. Some suggestive relations between quark-gluon dynamics, duality, magnetic charge, and Jacobi's imaginary transformation are discussed.