Model-Independent Predictions for Low Energy Isoscalar Heavy Baryon Observables in the Combined Heavy Quark and Large $N_c$ Expansion

Abstract

Model-independent predictions for excitation energies, semileptonic form factors and electromagnetic decay rates of isoscalar heavy baryons and their low energy excited states are discussed in terms of the combined heavy quark and large $N_c$ expansion. At leading order, the observables are completely determined in terms of the known excitation energy of the first excited state of ${\Lambda }_c$. At next-to-leading order in the combined expansion all heavy baryon observables can be expressed in a model-independent way in terms of two experimentally measurable quantities. We list predictions at leading and next-to-leading order.

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