KY electroproduction at CLAS12

An experimental program has been approved at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility to measure the (ep,e'K⁺)Y reactions using the CLAS12 setup in Hall B. Data have been obtained using a 7.5 GeV electron beam, impinging upon a liquid hydrogen target in the CLAS12 center. Scattered electrons have been detected in an angle range of 2.5° to 4.5° by the Forward Tagger (FT) and at angles greater than 5° in the CLAS12 Forward Detector, allowing to measure the KY electroproduction differential cross section and to probe the Q² evolution of the N* resonances electrocouplings in the Q² range from 0.05 GeV² to 3 GeV². The study of the Q² dependence of the electrocouplings will provide a crucial tool to investigate the possible hybrid nature of the N* resonances. Preliminary results from CLAS12 data are compared with simulated data using a realistic Gent Regge plus resonance event generator