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Hadronic atoms provide a unique laboratory for studying hadronic interactions essentially at threshold. This text is the first book-form exposition of hadronic atom theory with emphasis on recent developments, both theoretical and experimental. Since the underlying Hamiltonian is a non-self-adjoined operator, the theory goes beyond traditional quantum mechanics and this book covers topics that are often glossed over in standard texts on nuclear physics. The material contained here is intended for the advanced student and researcher in nuclear, atomic or elementary-particle physics. A good knowledge of quantum mechanics and familiarity with nuclear physics are presupposed. Contents:Theoretical Background:Hadronic Atoms — An OverviewExtended Quantum Mechanical FrameworkCoulomb Wave FunctionsCoulomb Propagator and Scattering OperatorsTwo-Potential Scattering FormalismBound States and Low-Energy ScatteringAtomic SpectrumGamow States and Completeness ProblemX-Ray Transition RateComputational MethodsExamplesChiral Theory PrimerComparison with Experiment:Two-Meson Atomic Bound StatesHadronic HydrogenHadronic DeuteriumHadronic Atoms with A≥4 Readership: Graduate students and academics in nuclear, atomic, high-energy, computational, quantum and theoretical physics. Keywords:Advanced Quantum Mechanics;Atomic Physics;Elementary Particle Physics;Nuclear Physics