Nonequilibrium statistical operator in the generalized molecular hydrodynamics of fluids

We discuss the important role of the Zubarev nonequilibrium statistical operator method in the generalized molecular hydrodynamics of fluids. Using this method allows developing a consistent approach of generalized collective excitations for simple, ion, polar, magnetic, and some other fluids. We construct a nonequilibrium statistical operator and derive the corresponding transport equations for a system that relaxes and passes into the state of molecular hydrodynamics. __________ Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 154, No. 1, pp. 91–101, January, 2008.