Abstract
The chemistry of muonium, a light isotope of hydrogen, is investigated for the time period immediately after stopping of its precursor, the positive muon, in the condensed phase. Information is extracted from the initial amplitudes of the muon precession signals arising from muonium and muon-substituted diamagnetic compounds. In liquid water part of the initial spin polarization cannot be accounted for in terms of existing models of muonium formation and reaction. This missing fraction is postulated to arise via a spin exchange interaction of muonium with a hydrated electron. It is also suggested that the chemical fate of the muon is determined by reactions with transient species created in the terminal spur of the muon track.
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