Published February 1, 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

Model-independent bottom baryon mass predictions in the 1/Nc expansion

  • 1. Department of Physics, 9500 Gilman Drive, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093 (United States)

Description

Recent discoveries of the Ξb, Σb, and Σb* baryons at the Tevatron are in good agreement with model-independent mass predictions made a decade ago based on a combined expansion in 1/Nc, 1/mQ, and SU(3) flavor symmetry breaking. Using the new experimental data as input, mass predictions for the undiscovered bottom baryons Ξb', Ξb*, Ωb, and Ωb* and for many unmeasured bottom baryon mass splittings are updated. The observed ground state charm baryons exhibit the mass hierarchy previously predicted by the 1/Nc, 1/mQ, and SU(3) flavor-breaking expansion

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Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
77
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 034012-034012.6
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

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(c) 2008 The American Physical Society