MEASURING THE MAGNETIC-MOMENTS OF SHORT-LIVED PARTICLES USING CHANNELING IN BENT CRYSTALS

A recent demonstration of spin precession using channeling in a bent c rystal offers the interesting possibility of a technique to measure ma gnetic moments of short-lived charm baryons, There are significant dif ferences among theoretical models of these moments. Accumulating exper imental evidence indicates the tools used for hyperon magnetic moment measurements, polarized production and decay asymmetries, may also be available with heavier baryons. Useful measurements may be possible us ing the channeling technique but they will require challenging beam co nditions.