The new Σb multiplet, heavy baryon mass predictions, meson-baryon universality and effective supersymmetry in hadron spectrum

Marek Karliner, Harry J. Lipkin*

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Abstract

The recent measurement by CDF M (Σb) - M (Λb) = 192 MeV is in striking agreement with our theoretical prediction M (Σb) - M (Λb) = 194 MeV. In addition, the measured splitting M (Σb*) - M (Σb) = 21 MeV agrees well with the predicted splitting of 22 MeV. We point out the connection between these predictions and an effective supersymmetry between mesons and baryons related by replacing a light antiquark by a light diquark. We discuss the theoretical framework behind these predictions and use it to provide additional predictions for the masses of spin-frac(1, 2) and spin-frac(3, 2) baryons containing heavy quarks, as well as for magnetic moments of Λb and Λc.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)539-544
Number of pages6
JournalPhysics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume660
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 6 Mar 2008

Funding

FundersFunder number
Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Israel Science Foundation
U.S. Department of Energy
Division of Nuclear PhysicsDE-AC02-06CH11357

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