Reworking the Zubarev's approach to non-equilibrium quantum statistical mechanics

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In this work the non-equilibrium density operator approach introduced by Zubarev more than 50 years ago to describe quantum systems at local thermodynamic equilibrium is revisited.

• This method - which was used to obtain the first ''Kubo" formula of shear viscosity, is especially suitable to describe quantum effects in fluids.
• This feature makes it a viable tool to describe the physics of the Quark Gluon Plasma in relativistic nuclear collisions.