Baryon states with open charm in the extended local hidden gauge approach

In this paper we examine the interaction of DN and D* N states, together with their coupled channels, by using an extension of the local hidden gauge formalism from the light meson sector, which is based on heavy quark spin symmetry. The scheme is based on the use of the impulse approximation at the quark level, with the heavy quarks acting as spectators, which occurs for the dominant terms where there is the exchange of a light meson. The pion exchange and the Weinberg-Tomozawa interactions are generalized and with this dynamics we look for states generated from the interaction, with a unitary coupled channels approach that mixes the pseudoscalar-baryon and vector-baryon states. We find two states with nearly zero width, which are associated to the Λc (2595) and Λc (2625). The lower state, with JP = 1/2-, couples to DN and D* N, and the second one, with JP = 3/2-, to D* N. In addition to these two Λc states, we find four more states with I = 0, one of them nearly degenerate in two states of JP = 1/2, 3/2. Furthermore we find three states in I = 1, two of them degenerate in J = 1/2, 3/2. (orig.)