Related papers: Puzzle of the $\Lambda_c$ spectrum
Our study focuses on the $\Lambda$-type P-wave bottom baryon states with the spin-parity $J^P=\frac{1}{2}^-$, $\frac{3}{2}^-$. We introduce an explicit P-wave between the two light quarks in the interpolating currents (and the two light…
The splittings between the spin 1/2 and spin 3/2 iso-singlet baryons Lambda_s(1405) and Lambda_s(1520), and their charmed counterparts Lambda_c(2593) and Lambda_c(2625), have been a theoretical conundrum. Here we investigate the possibility…
The existence of near-threshold charmed baryon $\Lambda_c(2595)^+$ implies that the pion and the lightest, isospin-$1$ charmed baryon $\Sigma_c$ interact very strongly at extremely low energies. Using the two-flavor version of heavy hadron…
We investigate the $R_b$--$R_c$ problem, starting from the more diffcult $R_c$. Introducing an isosinglet charge 2/3 quark $Q$ moves both $R_c$ and $R_b$ in the right direction. If one allows for large $c$-$Q$ {\it and} $t$-$Q$ mixings,…
Phenomenological applications of an effective theory of low-lying excited states of charm and bottom isoscalar baryons are discussed at leading and next-to-leading order in the combined heavy quark and large $N_c$ expansion. The combined…
The QCD sum rule method is formulated for the strangeness +1 pentaquark baryon with isospin I=0 and spin-parity J^P = 3/2^\pm. The spin-3/2 states are considered to be narrower than the spin-1/2 ones, and thus may provide a natural…
The heavy baryon \Lambda_{Q} (Q=b or c) can be regarded as composed of a heavy quark and a scalar light diquark which has good spin and isospin quantum numbers. In this picture we establish the Bethe-Salpeter (BS) equation for \Lambda_{Q}…
We calculate the mass splittings within the heavy baryon isospin multiplets \Sigma_{c(b)} and \Xi_{c(b)}' in chiral perturbation theory to leading one-loop order. The pattern of the mass splittings in the \Sigma_c iso-triplet, which is…
A dedicated study of the $\pi\Sigma_c$ scattering around its threshold is carried out in this work to probe the nature of $\Lambda_c(2595)^+$. We first demonstrate that the effective range expansion approach fails to work near the…
The masses of the ground state heavy baryons consisting of two light (u,d,s) and one heavy (c,b) quarks are calculated in the heavy-quark--light-diquark approximation within the constituent quark model. The light quarks, forming the…
This is an extension of the prediction of strange baryon decays to the decays of charmed baryons using QCD Sum Rules. Using QCD Sum Rules we estimate the decay $\Lambda^+_c (udc) \rightarrow \Lambda^o_s(uds)+ \pi^+$. Although some weak…
Inspired by the newly observed $\Omega_c^0$ states at LHCb, we decode their properties by performing an analysis of mass spectrum and decay behavior. Our studies show that the five narrow states, i.e., $\Omega_c(3000)^0$,…
In 2010, $\Lambda^*_{c\bar{c}}$ states were predicted as the strange number $S=-1$ partners of $N^*_{c\bar{c}}$, which are well known now as the $P_c$ states and observed experimentally by LHCb Collaboration. We analyze the decay behaviors…
We study three-body decays of $\Lambda_c^{*}(2765) \to \Lambda_c^+\pi^+\pi^-$ by using effective Lagrangians in a non-relativistic framework. We consider the sequential decays through $\Sigma_c(2455)\pi$ and $\Sigma_c^*(2520)\pi$ in…
The strong and radiative decays of the low-lying $S$- and $P$-wave $\Lambda_{c(b)}$, $\Sigma_{c(b)}$, $\Xi_{c(b)}$, $\Xi_{c(b)}'$ and $\Omega_{c(b)}$ baryons are systematically studied in a constituent quark model. We find that the…
Inspired by the results of recent experimental discoveries for charm and bottom baryons, the masses and magnetic moments of the heavy baryons with $J^P=3/2^+$ containing a single heavy quark are studied within light cone QCD sum rules…
We compute masses of positive parity spin-$1/2$ and $3/2$ baryons composed of $u$, $d$, $s$, $c$ and $b$ quarks in a quark-diaquark picture. The mathematical foundation for this analysis is implemented through a symmetry-preserving…
We study the P-wave charmed baryons using the method of QCD sum rule in the framework of heavy quark effective theory (HQET). We consider systematically all possible baryon currents with a derivative for internal rho- and lambda-mode…
We report on recent results in spectroscopy from BaBar. This includes the discovery of a new $\Lambda_c$ baryon, detailed studies of the $D^*_{sJ}(2317)^+$, $D_{sJ}(2460)^+$, X(3872) and Y(4260) particles and the first measurement of…
We construct an effective hadronic model including $\Lambda_c(2595)$, $\Lambda_c(2625)$, $\Lambda_b(5912)$ and $\Lambda_b(5920)$ regarding them as chiral partners to $\Sigma_c(2455)$, $\Sigma_c(2520)$, $\Sigma_b$ and $\Sigma_b^\ast$,…