Variational non-gaussian approach to interacting spin-boson models

Abstract:We apply a hybrid variational framework to interacting spin-boson Hamiltonians, targeting regimes where simulations are limited by the unbounded bosonic Hilbert space and strong many-body correlations. The bosonic sector and spin-boson correlations are captured within a compact non-Gaussian variational manifold, while the minimized spin sector is obtained as the solution to an effective spin Hamiltonian. Minimization is carried out inside a self-consistent energy-minimization loop, where variational parameters are minimized and the effective Hamiltonian is solved via DMRG. The results are obtained without eliminating or truncating the photonic field. We benchmark the method on the Dicke and Dicke-Ising models by comparison to converged spin-boson DMRG, finding accurate ground-state solutions with reduced bond dimension.

arXiv:2607.17934 [quant-ph]

(or arXiv:2607.17934v1 [quant-ph] for this version)

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