Global Data-Driven Determination of Baryon Transition Form Factors

Hadronic resonances emerge from strong interactions encoding the dynamics of quarks and gluons. The structure of these resonances can be probed by virtual photons parametrized in transition form factors. In this study, twelve N* and O transition form factors at the pole are extracted from data with the center-ofmass energy from pi N threshold to 1.8 GeV, and the photon virtuality 0 <= Q2/GeV2 <= 8. For the first time, these results are determined from a simultaneous analysis of more than one state, i.e., similar to 105 pi N, eta N, and KA electroproduction data. In addition, about 5 x 104 data in the hadronic sector as well as photoproduction serve as boundary conditions. For the O(1232) and N(1440) states our results are in qualitative agreement with previous studies, while the transition form factors at the poles of some higher excited states are estimated for the first time. Realistic uncertainties are determined by further exploring the parameter space.