Analysis of the photocouplings of baryon resonances

The typical features of the photocouplings of the 70 L=1 and 56 L=2 baryon resonances are discussed in view of the recently reported experimental data. It is emphasized that our relativistic quark model is very convenient for the phenomenological study on the photocouplings and also is suitable for a simple physical interpretation. The phenomenological analysis of the photocoupling data based on our model concludes that the transition from the quark state (jsup(P)=1/2+, lambda=1/2) to (j=L + 1/2, lambda=3/2) is dominant in the photo-transitions from nucleons to the excited baryons in both cases L=1 and 2. Our result implies the non-negligible magnitude of the value of delta L sub(z)=2 term. The experimental data on A sub(1/2)sup(p)(P13) and A sub(3/2)sup(p)(P13) is crucial to confirm the strength of delta L sub(z)=2 term. (auth.)