Excited Heavy Baryons and Their Symmetries I: Formalism

Abstract

This is the first of two papers to study a new emergent symmetry which connects orbitally excited heavy baryons to the ground states in the combined heavy quark and large $N_c$ limit. The existence of this symmetry is shown in a model-independent way, and different possible realizations of the symmetry are discussed. It is also proved that this emergent symmetry commutes with the large $N_c$ spin-flavor symmetry.

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• Symmetries of Excited Heavy Baryons In The Heavy Quark And Large N_c Limit

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