The Pion-nucleon System

Synthesizing The Theoretical And Experimental Advances In Pion-nucleon Interactions Over Approximately The Last Twelve Years, The Authors Here A Timely Account Of The Hadronic Interactions Of Pions And Nucleons And Of The Structure Of Nucleons. Because Of The Hadronic Su3 Symmetry, The Book Also Treats The Structure Of Baryons In General, And So Contains Much Material External To The Specific Field Of Pion-nucleon Interactions. Thus The Books Subject Can Be Stated As The Hadronic Structure Of Baryons As Illustrated Particularly By Pion-nucleon Interaction.following An Introductory Discussion Of Isotopic Spin, The Authors Proceed To Chapters That Treat Low Energy Pion Scattering By Nucleons And The Photoproduction Of Pions; Forward And Fixed Momentum Transfer Dispersion Relations; Analytic Properties Of Scattering Amplitudes; Formation Of Nucleon Resonances; Symmetries And Classification Of Particles And Resonances; Current Algebra, Sum Rules, And Superconvergence Relations; Scattering At Higher Energies; Pion-nucleon Dynamics; Pion-nucleon Inelastic Scattering; And The Form Factors Of The Nucleon And The Pion.each Chapter Is Followed By Abundant References To The Original Literature.