  We present an analytically solvable 3D light-front Hamiltonian model for
hadrons that extends light-front holography by including finite mass quarks and
a longitudinal confinement term. We propose that the model is suitable as an
improved analytic approximation to QCD at a low resolution scale. We
demonstrate that it preserves desired Lorentz symmetries and it produces
improved agreement with the experimental mass spectroscopy and other properties
of the light mesons. Importantly, the model also respects chiral symmetry and
the Gell-Mann-Oakes-Renner relation.

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology;Nuclear Theory