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On the Nonequilibrium Statistical Operator Method
Author(s) -
Luzzi Roberto,
Vasconcellos Aurea R.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
fortschritte der physik/progress of physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.469
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1521-3978
pISSN - 0015-8208
DOI - 10.1002/prop.2190381104
Subject(s) - non equilibrium thermodynamics , dissipative system , statistical physics , nonlinear system , operator (biology) , physics , statistical mechanics , theoretical physics , thermodynamics , quantum mechanics , chemistry , biochemistry , repressor , gene , transcription factor
We describe the large applicability of the Nonequilibrium Statistical Operator Method (NSOM) for the study of dissipative dynamic systems far from equilibrium. It is shown that the NSOM can be encompassed by a unifying variational principle, which produces a large family of NSO that contains existing examples as particular cases. Further, we review the application of the NSOM for the construction of a nonlinear quantum theory of large scope, and for the generation of a response function theory, for far‐from‐equilibrium Hamiltonian systems. An accompanying non‐equilibrium thermodynamic Green's function theory is briefly described. Also it is shown that the NSOM provides mechano‐statistical foundations for phenomenological irreversible thermodynamics, and for the important question of stability of far‐from‐equilibrium steady states and the emergence of self‐organized dissipative structures in condensed matter.