Measurements of deuteron magnetic form factor high momentum transfer

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° in coincidence with recoiling deuterons at 0°. 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.