HEAVY MESONS IN THE BOOTSTRAP QUARK-MODEL

In the framework of an approach developed previously for light quarks we calculate the scattering amplitudes of heavy quarks, qQBAR --> qQBAR and QQBAR --> QQBAR (q = u, d, s; Q = c, b, t). We obtain the masses of the lowest multiplets of c and b mesons with the quantum numbers J(PC) = 0-+, 1--, and 0++, which are in satisfactory agreement with the available experimental data. We predict the masses of new heavy particles which contain t quarks.