Exactly solvable models of baryon structure

Abstract

We present a qualitative analysis of the gross features of baryon spectroscopy (masses and form factors) in terms of various exactly solvable models. It is shown that a collective model, in which baryon resonances are interpreted as rotations and vibrations of an oblate symmetric top, provides a good starting point for a more detailed quantitative study.

Comments: 22 pages, 3 tables and 9 figures, invited talk at `XXI Symposium on Nuclear Physics', Oaxtepec, Mexico, January 5-8, 1998