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Model-Independent Bottom Baryon Mass Predictions in the 1/N Expansion

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2008-11-26 v1

Abstract

Recent discoveries of the Xi_b, Sigma_b and Sigma_b^* baryons at the Tevatron are in good agreement with model-independent mass predictions made a decade ago based on a combined expansion in 1/N_c, 1/m_Q and SU(3) flavor symmetry breaking. Using the new experimental data as input, mass predictions for the undiscovered bottom baryons Xi_b^\prime, Xi_b^*, Omega_b and Omega_b^* 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/N_c, 1/m_Q and SU(3) flavor breaking expansion.

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@article{arxiv.0712.0406,
  title  = {Model-Independent Bottom Baryon Mass Predictions in the 1/N Expansion},
  author = {Elizabeth Jenkins},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0712.0406},
  year   = {2008}
}

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15 pages