Measurements of deuteron magnetic form factor high momentum transfer

Abstract

The deuteron magnetic form factor B(${Q}^{2}$) has been measured at momentum transfers ${Q}^{2}$=1.21, 1.49, 1.61, 1.74, 1.98, 2.23, 2.48, 2.53, and 2.77 (GeV/c${)}^{2}$ at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center by detection of electrons backscattered at 180\ifmmode^\circ\else\textdegree\fi{} in coincidence with recoiling deuterons at 0\ifmmode^\circ\else\textdegree\fi{}. The data for B(${Q}^{2}$) are found to decrease rapidly from ${Q}^{2}$=1.2 to 2 (GeV/c${)}^{2}$, then rise to a secondary maximum around ${Q}^{2}$=2.5 (GeV/c${)}^{2}$, in qualitative agreement with impulse-approximation calculations.