33                    42           
  $\Gamma(\to D^*K)$                                                                           8.1           67                   13                   10                 27                 23                    24           
  $\Gamma(\to D_s\eta)$                                                                        1.6           4.5                  1.2                  1.7               1.6                 1.9                   6.2          
  $\Gamma(\to D_s^*\eta)$                                                                      0.3           2.2                  0.3                  0.3               0.6                 0.7                   1.5          
  $\Gamma(\to DK^*)$                                                                            –            14                  0.71                  0.2               2.7                 2.1                   1.4          
  $\Gamma_{Total}$                              $58\pm 11$                                      29           222                  37                   36                 67                 60                    75           
  $\Gamma(\to D^*K)/\Gamma(\to DK)$           $ 1.10\pm 0.24$                                  0.43         0.82                 0.59                 0.40               0.75               0.69                  0.56          

On the Nature of the $D_s(2700)$ and $D_s(2860)$ States
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With the mass and width predictions for excited $D_s$ states in hand we examine whether the $D_{s1}^*(2710)^\pm$ state can be identified with the $2^3S_1(c\bar{s})$ or $1^3D_1(c\bar{s})$ and the $D_{sJ}^*(2860)^\pm$ with the $1^3D_1(c\bar{s})$ or $1^3D_3(c\bar{s})$ states. In what follows we will refer to the decay results summarized in Table \[tab:models\].

The predicted mass for the $2^3S_1(c\bar{s})$ is 2732 MeV compared to the PDG [@Beringer:1900zz] averaged mass for the $D_{s1}^*(2710)$ of $2709 \pm 4$ MeV and the predicted masses for the $1^3D_1(c\bar{s})$ and $1^3D_3(c\bar{s})$ states are 2899 and 2917 MeV respectively, which are compared to the measured $D_{sJ}^*(2860)$ mass of $2863^{+4.0}_{-2.6}$ MeV. The measured $D_{s1}^*(2710)$ mass is consistent with the predicted $2^3S_1$ mass within the accuracy of the model. The measured $D_{sJ}^*(2860)$ mass is $\sim 36$ MeV lower than the predicted 