MULTIBARYON SOLUTIONS OF A CHIRAL QUARK-MESON MODEL

Abstract

We consider multibaryon configurations in a SU(2) quark soliton model based on chiral invariant quark-meson couplings. We compute the energy of interaction between two nucleons by considering configurations which correspond to two B=1 solitons separated by a fixed distance. The gross features of the inter-nucleon potential are reproduced. We also find cylindrically symmetric, classically stable soliton solutions with B=2, 3 and 4. The energy distributions corresponding to these solutions are toroidal in nature. The results closely parallel the Skyrme-model calculations.