edited by H Garcilazo (Universität Hannover) & T Mizutani (Virginia)

This book gives a comprehensive review of the current status of the theory of the pion-two-nucleon systems at intermediate energies. It also makes an extensive comparison of the theoretical prediction with the corresponding data obtained recently from the major meson factories.

• Coupled πNN — NN Approach (PNNA)
• Nonrelativistic Three-Body Theory
• Relativistic Three-Body Equations
• The Coupled NN — NΔ Approach (CCM)
• The Reaction NN → NN
• The Reaction NN → πd
• The Reaction NN → πNN
• The Reaction πd → πd
• The Reaction πd → πNN
• πNN Bound States and Dibaryons
• Appendices: The πN Subsystem
• The NN Subsystem