Lorentzian path integral in Kantowski-Sachs anisotropic cosmology (2310.15180v1)

Abstract: Motivated by the recent development in quantum cosmology, we revisit the anisotropic Kantowski-Sachs model in the light of a Lorentzian path integral formalism. Studies so far have considered the Euclidean method where the choice of the lapse integration contour is constrained by certain physical considerations rather than mathematical justification. In this paper, we have studied the Hartle-Hawking no-boundary proposal along with the use of Picard-Lefschetz theory in performing the lapse integration. In an isotropic limit, we show our results agree with the studies made in FLRW cosmology. We also observe that in the large scale structure the no-boundary proposal tends towards a conical singularity at the beginning of time. We have also performed a massless scalar perturbation analysis with no back reaction. This reveals that if there were any perturbation present at the beginning of the universe then that would flare up at the final boundary.