Chiral Soliton Model Predictions for Pentaquarks

Abstract

We briefly describe chiral soliton model description of baryons and predictions for exotic antidecuplet. We discuss successful phenomenology which triggered experimental searches and problems which arise in the formal limit of large Nc.

Comments: Presented at 40th Rencontres de Moriond on QCD and High Energy Hadronic Interactions, La Thuile, Aosta Valley, Italy, 12-19 Mar 2005