Ground state masses and binding energies of the nucleon, hyperon and heavy baryons in a light-front model

The ground state masses and binding energies of the nucleon, L0, Lc+ , Lb0 are studied within a constituent quark QCD-inspired light-front model. The light-front Faddeev equations for the Qqq composite spin 1/2 baryons, are derived and solved numerically. The experimental data for the masses are qualitatively described by a flavor independent effective interaction.