Initial-state dependence of thermodynamic dissipation for any quantum process.

@article{Riechers2020InitialstateDO,
  title={Initial-state dependence of thermodynamic dissipation for any quantum process.},
  author={Paul M. Riechers and Mile Gu},
  journal={Physical review. E},
  year={2020},
  volume={103 4-1},
  pages={
          042145
        }
}
Exact results about the nonequilibrium thermodynamics of open quantum systems at arbitrary timescales are obtained by considering all possible variations of initial conditions of a system. First we obtain a quantum-information theoretic equality for entropy production, valid for an arbitrary initial joint state of system and environment. For any finite-time process with a fixed initial environment, we then show that the system's loss of distinction-relative to the minimally dissipative state… 
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