Hyperon pairs bound in deuteronlike states are obtained with the SU(3) Skyrme model in agreement with general expectations from boson exchange models. The central binding from the flavor-symmetry-breaking terms increases with the strangeness contents of the interacting baryons whereas the kinetic nonlinear σ-model term fixes the spin and isospin of the bound pair. We give a complete account of the interactions of octet baryons within the product approximation to baryon number B=2 configurations.

• Received 22 July 1994

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.51.1228