Abstract
A model due to Schiff which accounts for the binding of quarks in terms of large, many-body potentials is extended to allow a semiqualitative discussion of scattering. It is found that, keeping only one-, two-, and three-body forces, the range of the repulsive three-body force must be larger than that of the attractive two-body force. As a result, the hard core in nucleon-nucleon scattering appears naturally. It is observed, however, that the presence of a large, relatively long-range many-body interaction is difficult to reconcile with the high-energy sum rules of Levin and Frankfurt and of Lipkin and co-workers. Finally, some remarks on the possible need to include four-body and higher potentials are included.

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