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    The Neutron Magnetic Form Factor at High Q2: Experimental Status, Future Measurements

    Recent progress in improving our knowledge of the four nucleon form factors GpM, GpE, GnM, GnE at high momentum transfer is stimulating a new wave of theoretical efforts to describe these fundamental quantities. Both model calculations and lattice QCD can predict the elastic form factors; a definitive, stringent test of these efforts is to predict all of them simultaneously. However, the limited range and quality of the data for the neutron magnetic form factor GnM presently reduce the discriminating power of such a test. The present status of our knowledge of GnM is discussed, and prospects for future improvements are presented.

    Author: Will Brooks



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