Abstract
Possible interpretations for the ζ(2230) are discussed in accordance with new data from Baltrusaitis et al., Aston et al., and Binon et al., and it is argued that the ζ(2230) is likely to be a (qs)3*(q¯s¯)3(q=u,d) baryonium state, which couples strongly to ΛΛ and decays to KK¯, KK¯*, K¯*K*, ηη,ηη, ηη, and ωφ, via quark rearrangement, and also to ππ, ωω, and φφ via quark annihilation, and therefore has a narrow width. A possible ss¯g hybrid state, which can decay to φφ, ωφ, and other mesons, is also suggested.