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].