Octet baryons in the independent-quark-model approach based on the dirac equation with a power-law potential

Several properties of octet baryons such as (i) the magnetic moment, (ii) (G_A/G_v)_n for neutron β-decay and (iii) the charge radius of the proton have been calculated in a simple independent-quark model under the assumption that the individual constituent quarks are confined, in first approximation, by a relativistic power-law potential V_q(r)=(1+β)(a^v+1r^v+V₀) with a, v>0. In view of the simplicity of the model, the results obtained are quite encouraging.