| Abstract: | Zubarev's nonequilibrium statistical operator method is applied to problems of relativistic kinetic theory. In the framework of this method, a generalized quantum kinetic equation with collision integrals of first and second order in the interaction is obtained. It is shown that the results also remain valid for gauge theories. The possibilities of the method are illustrated by models of relativistic nuclear matter.Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna; Saratov State University. Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 95, No. 1, pp. 74–86, April, 1993. |
