Abstract
The surprising narrowness of the J or ψ(3.1) is interpreted as indication of a pure cc¯ state, and hence as evidence for the SU(8)SU(6)×SU(2)Sc×U(1)Yc symmetry-breaking chain (Sc=charmedquarkspingenerators, Yc=hypercharmgenerator) instead of an approximate SU(8)SU(4)×SU(2)S chain (S=quarkspingenerators) which would imply strong mixings. Decompositions under both chains of the s-wave qq¯ meson states of the 64 = 1 + 63 of SU(8) and of the 3q baryon states of the three-particle symmetric 120 representation are given. The most general mass-splitting operators with breaking in the Y and Yc directions for these two multiplets are derived, which commute with the Casimir operators of the SU(6)×SU(2)Sc×U(1)Yc chain, which contain only one- and two-body operators, and which are invariant under rotations. Two independent mass relations follow for mesons containing charmed quarks; six, for baryons containing charmed quarks. In an appendix, for reference relative to previous SU(6)-symmetric quark-model mass analyses, the reduced numerical coefficients as determined by the meson 36 of SU(6) are listed.