Loosely bound hyperons in the SU(3) Skyrme model.

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 [sigma]-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 [ital B]=2 configurations.