Title:ZUBAREV'S METHOD OF A NONEQUILIBRIUM STATISTICAL OPERATOR AND SOME CHALLENGES IN THE THEORY OF IRREVERSIBLE PROCESSES
Authors:V.G.Morozov (MIREA, Physics Department, Vernadsky Prospect, 78, 117454 Moscow, Russia), G.R\"opke (FB Physik, Universit\"at Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany)

We give a brief review of applications of the method of the nonequilibrium statistical operator developed by D.N.Zubarev to some problems of nonequilibrium statistical mechanics.

Key words: nonequilibrium statistical operator, irreversible processes, kinetic theory, hydrodynamic fluctuations, transport coefficients
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