2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/179065The masses of baryons containing a single heavy quark are studied in a combined expansion in $1/m_Q$, $1/N_c$ and $SU(3)$ flavor symmetry breaking. Heavy quark baryon mass splittings are related to mass splittings of the octet and decuplet baryons. The $Σ_c^*$, $Ξ_c^\prime$ and $Ω_c^*$ are predicted to the level of a few MeV. A number of bottom baryon mass splittings are predicted very accurately.21 pages, REVtex, version to appear Phys. Rev. DHigh Energy Physics - PhenomenologyHeavy Baryon Masses in the $1/m_Q$ and $1/N_c$ Expansionstext