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Using $pp$ collision data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $8.5\,\mathrm{fb}^{-1}$ recorded by the LHCb experiment at centre-of-mass energies of $\sqrt{s} = 7$, $8$ and $13\mathrm{\,Te\kern -0.1em V}$, the observation of an…

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We discuss the nature of the $\chi_b(3P)$ and $X(3872)$ mesons: Are the $\chi_b(3P)$'s standard $b \bar b$ mesons or $b \bar b$ states with a significative continuum component? Is the $X(3872)$ a $c \bar c$ state with continuum coupling…

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We investigate the mass spectrum and the decay properties of the $B_s$ mesons within the screened nonrelativistic quark model and the $^3P_0$ model. Our results suggest that the $B_{sJ}(6064)$ and $B_{sJ}(6114)$ states, as the first…

We explore the recently observed $\Xi_b(6227)^{-}$ resonance to fix its quantum numbers. To this end, we consider various possible scenarios: It can be considered as either 1P/2S excitations of the $\Xi_b^-$ and $\Xi_b'(5935)^{-}$ ground…

Using the newly measured masses of $B_c(1S)$ and $B_c(2S)$ from the CMS Collaboration and the $1S$ hyperfine splitting determined from the lattice QCD as constrains, we calculate the $B_c$ mass spectrum up to the $6S$ multiplet with a…

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