Scaling and resonances in elementary K{sup +{Lambda}} photoproduction

Recent cross-section data for the reaction {gamma}+p{yields}K{sup +}+{Lambda} are examined for evidence of scaling in both the low-t Regge domain and in the high-{radical}(s) and -t domain where constituent counting may apply. It is shown that the reaction does scale in both regimes. At large center-of-mass angles, s{sup -7} scaling appears to hold at essentially all -t but with angle-dependent oscillations. The scaled data show particularly strong evidence for s-channel resonances for -t below 2 GeV{sup 2} and for W below about 2.3 GeV. The dominant contributions are consistent with an N{sup *}S{sub 11} resonance at 1690 MeV, a P{sub 13} resonance at 1920 MeV, and a D{sub 13} resonance at 2100 MeV, which interfere to give the observed strong angular dependence.