# Magnetic form factor

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Fourier transform

In [electromagnetism](/source/Electromagnetism), a **magnetic form factor** is the [Fourier transform](/source/Fourier_transform) of an [electric charge](/source/Electric_charge) distribution in space.

## See also

- [Atomic form factor](/source/Atomic_form_factor#Magnetic_scattering), for the form factor relevant to magnetic diffraction of free neutrons by unpaired outer electrons of an atom.

- [Electric form factor](/source/Electric_form_factor)

- [Form factor (quantum field theory)](/source/Form_factor_(quantum_field_theory))

## External links

- [Magnetic form factors](https://web.archive.org/web/20060929131417/http://neutron.ornl.gov/~zhelud/useful/formfac/index.html), Andrey Zheludev, HFIR Center for Neutron Scattering, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

- ["The magnetic form factor of the neutron"](https://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-ex/9611004v1), E.E.W. Bruins, November 1996

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