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Thanks Hologram. Great explanation why it happens. Is the lifetime of the negative muon longer or shorter when it's captured by an atom? Muons prove to be quite an extensive and interesting subject. Someone should write a book about them(taking in account modern theories).

Following the Wikipedia trail I've found out that the muon first converts itself to a neutrino and a W boson. Then the boson delivers its electroweak "message" to virtual particles, or decays to an electron and a neutrino. So my question becomes: Why do muons convert themselves to a neutrino and...

Hi, Could someone tell me please what is the scientific consensus(or some interesting theories) on why do muons decay and what is the mechanism of it? My understanding of particle decay is based on for example neutron wchich decays because a quark in it flips from down to up. But leptons, if...