  Quark-model descriptions of the nucleon-nucleon interaction contain two main
ingredients, a quark-exchange mechanism for the short-range repulsion and
meson-exchanges for the medium- and long-range parts of the interaction. We
point out the special role played by higher partial waves, and in particular
the 1F3, as a very sensitive probe for the meson-exchange part employed in
these interaction models. In particular, we show that the presently available
models fail to provide a reasonable description of higher partial waves and
indicate the reasons for this shortcoming.
