Pion and photon couplings of N∗ resonances from scattering on the proton

Results of a relativistic model for pion- and photon-induced reactions on the proton are presented. The model is crossing symmetric and gauge invariant. The nucleon resonances P11(1440), P11(1710), D13(1520), S11(1535), S11(1650), P33(1232), P33(1600), S31(1620), and D33(1700) have been included explicitly in the calculation. Unitarity within the channel space πN⊕γN below the two-pion production threshold has been achieved by using the K-matrix approach. Strong and electromagnetic coupling parameters of the N∗ resonances have been determined from a fit to the pion-nucleon phase shifts, pion-photoproduction multipoles and Compton-scattering cross sections. The model is shown to describe simultaneously most of the available data. Results for the electric and magnetic polarizabilities of the nucleon are presented.