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Muonium (M) is the bound atomic state of a positive muon (μ+) and of an electron (e−) and hence it is a hydrogenic atom. Muonium was discovered1 in 1960 through observation of its characteristic Larmor precession in a magnetic field. Since then research on the fundamental properties of M has been actively pursued2,3, as has also the study of muonium collisions in gases, muonium chemistry and muonium in solids.4
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Hughes, V.W. (1989). Some Recent Advances in Muonium. In: Bassani, G.F., Inguscio, M., Hänsch, T.W. (eds) The Hydrogen Atom. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-88421-4_17
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