Light and heavy baryon masses: the 1/N_c expansion and the quark model

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We establish a connection between the quark model and the 1/N_c expansion mass formulas used in the description of baryon resonances.

• We show that a remarkable compatibility exists between the two methods in the light and heavy baryon sectors.
• In particular, the band number used to classify baryons in the 1/N_c expansion is explained by the quark model and the mass formulas for both approaches are consistent.