Flavored multiskyrmions

Static properties of multiskyrmions with baryon numbers up to 8 are calcula ted on the basis of the recently given rational map Ansatze. The spectra of baryonic systems with strangeness, charm, and bottom are considered within a "rigid oscillator" version of the bound state soliton model. It is sugge sted that the recently observed negatively charged nuclear fragment can be considered as a quantized strange multiskyrmion with B = 6 or 7. In agreeme nt with previous observations, baryonic systems with charm or bottom have a better chance of being bound by the strong interactions than do strange ba ryonic systems. (C) 1999 American Institute of Physics. [S0021-3640(99)0021 0-8].