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Ωc baryon spectrum and strong decays in a constituent quark model

Hui-Hua Zhong, Ming-Sheng Liu, Li-Ye Xiao, Kai-Lei Wang, Qi Li, and Xian-Hui Zhong

Phys. Rev. D - Accepted 20 October, 2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/3d7g-l1t4

Abstract

In this work, we study the Ωc baryon spectrum up to the 2P excitations within a semi-relativistic constituent quark potential model, where the mixing between different configurations with the same spin-parity numbers is dynamically considered. Furthermore, the strong decay properties for the excited Ωc states are evaluated within an improved chiral quark model by including the relativistic correction term. In a unified framework, we provide a reasonable explanation of the widths, masses, and mass splittings, for the newly observed Ωc resonances Ωc(3000), Ωc(3050), Ωc(3065), Ωc(3090), Ωc(3120), Ωc(3185), and Ωc(3327). It is found that the configuration mixing is crucial for understanding the strong decay properties and mass splittings, while the relativistic correction term of the strong transition operator plays an important role in the states dominated by the radial excitations. We expect our study can provide useful references for establishing a more abundant Ωc spectrum.

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