Instanton effects on the role of the low-energy theorem for the scalar gluonic correlation function

Instanton contributions to the Laplace sum-rules for correlation functions of scalar gluonic currents are calculated. The role of the constant low-ene rgy theorem term, whose substantial contribution is unique to the leading L aplace sum-rule L-1, is shown to be diminished by instanton contributions, significantly increasing the resulting mass bounds fur the ground state of scalar gluonium and improving compatibility with results from higher-weight sum-rules. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.