A static solitonic configuration of the Skyrme field with baryonic number two (B=2) different from the product ansatz is achieved. This constrained solution depends on a separation parameter a; for a→∞ we get the product of two spherical B=1 Skyrmions. It is then possible to introduce the collective isorotational coordinates for each soliton. The resulting total mass is plotted as a function of a for various values of β=$m_{\pi }$/${\mathrm{eF}}_{\pi }$ and e. It happens that for e sufficiently great it is always possible to find a relative minimum.

• Received 30 July 1985

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.33.253