Path integral approach to the truncated Wigner approximation of driven-dissipative spins

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2607.26029v1
• Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2026 17:39:03 GMT
• Title: Path integral approach to the truncated Wigner approximation of driven-dissipative spins
• Abstract summary: Phase-space approaches such as the truncated Wigner approximation (TWA) provide an efficient framework for performing approximate simulations of the dynamics of open quantum many-body systems.<n>We establish the corresponding path-integral formulation for interacting open spin-$1/2$ systems using the continuousmathrmSU(2)$ phase space.<n>Our results provide a unified field-theoretic foundation for the TWA to dissipative spin dynamics and offer a systematic starting point for extensions beyond semiclassical approximation.
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• Abstract: Phase-space approaches such as the truncated Wigner approximation (TWA) provide an efficient semiclassical framework for performing approximate simulations of the dynamics of open quantum many-body systems outside the reach of exact numerical methods but beyond the mean-field level. For bosonic systems, TWA is known to be equivalent to a Keldysh path-integral formulation truncated at second order in the so-called quantum fluctuations. This semiclassical approach provides an alternative transparent route towards approximate stochastic equations of motion, which can be efficiently solved. Here we establish the corresponding path-integral formulation for interacting open spin-$1/2$ systems using the continuous $\mathrm{SU}(2)$ phase space. We show, in particular, that a consistent treatment of dissipation requires correctly mapping operator products onto the curved spin phase space, leading to stochastic equations that coincide with those obtained from the continuous TWA formulation and thus reproduce the exact dynamics of a single dissipative spin. Our results provide a unified field-theoretic foundation for the TWA to dissipative spin dynamics and offer a systematic starting point for extensions beyond the semiclassical approximation.

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