Measuring the magnetic moments of short-lived particles using channeling in bent crystals

A recent demonstration of spin precession using channeling in a bent crystal offers the interesting possibility of a technique to measure magnetic moments of short-lived charm baryons. There are significant differences among theoretical models of these moments. Accumulating experimental 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 using the channeling technique but they will require challenging beam conditions.