  We reconsider the realization of baryons in the Sakai-Sugimoto model. In this
theory, which is the gravity dual of a QCD-like theory, baryons appear as
soliton solutions. These solitons were approximated as flat-space instantons in
previous studies. However, with this approximation, it has been shown that one
does not reproduce some model-independent predictions for the behavior of
baryon electromagnetic form factors which are connected with long-range pion
physics. This made it appear that the long-range pion physics of baryons may be
hidden in (intractable) \alpha' corrections in the gravity dual. In this paper,
we study the long-range properties of baryons in the Sakai-Sugimoto model
without relying on the flat-space instanton approximation. The solution we
obtain gives the correct result for the model-independent ratio of form
factors, implying that the model captures the expected infrared properties of
baryons without the need to go beyond the leading order in the \alpha'
expansion.
