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Lorentzian path integral for quantum tunneling and WKB approximation for wave-function

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arxiv 2102.09767 v4 pith:D5A3GVWX submitted 2021-02-19 gr-qc hep-thquant-ph

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keywords lorentzianformulationintegralpathpicard-lefschetzapproximationquantumequation
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Recently, the Lorentzian path integral formulation using the Picard-Lefschetz theory has attracted much attention in quantum cosmology. In this paper, we analyze the tunneling amplitude in quantum mechanics by using the Lorentzian Picard-Lefschetz formulation and compare it with the WKB analysis of the conventional Schr\"{o}dinger equation. We show that the Picard-Lefschetz Lorentzian formulation is consistent with the WKB approximation for wave-function and the Euclidean path integral formulation utilizing the solutions of the Euclidean constraint equation. We also consider some problems of this Lorentzian Picard-Lefschetz formulation and discuss a simpler semiclassical approximation of the Lorentzian path integral without integrating the lapse function.

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