BARYONIC SYSTEMS WITH CHARM AND BOTTOM IN THE BOUND-STATE SOLITON MODEL

The binding energies of baryonic systems with baryon number B = 2, 3, and 4 possessing heavy flavor, charm, bottom, or top, are estimated wi thin the rigid oscillator version of the bound-state approach to chira l soliton models. Two tendencies are noted: the binding energy increas es with increasing mass of the flavor and with increasing B. Therefore , the charmed or bottom baryonic systems have a better chance of being bound than do the strange baryonic systems discussed previously. (C) 1998 American Institute of Physics. [S0021-3640(98)00411-3].