  We present an accurate nucleon-nucleon (NN) potential based upon chiral
effective Lagrangians. The model includes one- and two-pion exchange
contributions up to chiral order three and contact terms (which represent the
short range force) up to order four. Within this framework, the NN phase shifts
below 300 MeV lab. energy and the properties of the deuteron are reproduced
with high-precision. This chiral NN potential may serve as a reliable starting
point for testing the chiral effective field theory approach in exact
few-nucleon and microscopic nuclear many-body calculations.
