The Non-Equilibrium Statistical Operator Method

Abstract: In this work we describe the Non-Equilibrium Statistical Operator Method (NESOM). The NESOM is a powerful formalism that seems to offer an elegant and concise way for an analytical treatment in the theory of irreversible processes, adequate to deal with a large class of experimental situations, and physically clear picture of irreversible processes. The method invented by D. N. Zubarev is also practical and efficient in the study of the optical and carrier dynamics in semiconductors. Keywords: nonequilibrium phenomena; kinetic theory; transport processes; irreversible processes.