The study interprets four excited Omega_b baryons decaying into Xi_b^0 K^-, suggesting their spins and properties.
Recently LHCb reported the discovery of four extremely narrow excited Ωb baryons decaying into Ξb⁰K⁻. We interpret these baryons as bound states of a b-quark and a P-wave $ss$-diquark. For such a system there are exactly five possible combinations of spin and orbital angular momentum. We predict two of spin $1/2$, two of spin $3/2$, and one of spin $5/2$, all with negative parity. We favor identifying the observed states as those with spins $1/2$ and $3/2$, and give a range of predicted masses for the one with spin $5/2$. We update earlier predictions for these states based on the five narrow excited Ωc states reported by LHCb. An alternative picture of the states in which one of $J=1/2$ is extremely wide and hence not seen by LHCb is discussed.
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