Nπdecays of baryons in a relativized model

We calculate the $N\pi$ decay amplitudes of baryon resonances in a semirelativistic version of the ${}_{}{}^3{}_{}{}^{}P_0^{}{}_{}{}^{}$ model of hadron decays. We use relativized wave functions for the baryons and mesons, and include an intuitive modification of the usual ${}_{}{}^3{}_{}{}^{}P_0^{}{}_{}{}^{}$ model. Our results are in reasonable agreement with the reported amplitudes for all known nonstrange resonances, and confirm a proposed solution to the mystery of the "missing" states.