  Short-range quark-quark correlations are introduced into the quark-meson
coupling (QMC) model in a simple way. The effect of these correlations on the
structure of the nucleon in dense nuclear matter is studied. We find that the
short-range correlations may serve to reduce a serious problem associated with
the modified quark-meson coupling model (within which the bag constant is
allowed to decrease with increasing density), namely the tendency for the size
of the bound nucleon to increase rapidly as the density rises. We also find
that, with the addition of correlations, both QMC and modified QMC are
consistent with the phenomenological equation of state at high density.
