We investigate how a new bag phenomenology with a variable bag pressure as its main ingredient is successful in reproducing various properties of heavy hadrons. Our results for masses, magnetic moments and M1 radiative decay widths indicate that these properties arise in a natural and consistent manner from the theory and that no additionalad hoc assumption is required to explain them.

The consequences of the variable pressure bag model for the nonleptonic decays of hyperons and Ω⁻ are investigated. Though the order of magnitude and the relative sign for the various decay amplitudes are correctly reproduced, the overall results are small by a factor of 2 to 4, indicating that the theoretical predictions are strongly dependent on the model parameters.