SOME NEW RESULTS ON THE H DIBARYON IN THE QUARK CLUSTER MODEL

The H dibaryon channel, (I = 0, J = 0, S = -2), is revisited in the no n-relativistic quark cluster model (NRQCM) using a basis extended beyo nd the usual set of baryon cluster pairs to include an explicit spatia lly symmetric 6q state, analogous in structure to the MIT bag model H. We find that the binding predicted using the two-baryon basis alone i s significantly deepened by the addition of the additional 6q configur ation. The NRQCM thus appears, contrary to earlier findings, to be inc ompatible with the experimental information available for this channel .