LIGHT AND STRANGE BARYONS IN A CHIRAL CONSTITUENT-QUARK MODEL

We discuss the performance of a chiral constituent-quark model with re gard to the description of light- and strange-baryon spectra. The mode l employs a linear confinement and an effective interaction between co nstituent quarks derived from Goldstone-boson exchange. Precise Faddee v and variational calculations are carried out for the three-quark sys tems. The model provides a simultaneous explanation of the ground-stat e and excitation spectra of all the light and strange baryons much imp roved as compared to previous attempts.