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The configuration formed after the excitation of the local phonon is designated \u201ctransition state\u201d. This state may exist for some time and may be seen in \/\u00b5SR as a fast relaxing diamagnetic signal. The decay of the transition state may lead either to interstitial atomic muonium or to a bound configuration in the neutral or positive charge state. 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