(Solved): A particle in the harmonic oscillator potential is in the initial state: (x,0)=A[13m ...
A particle in the harmonic oscillator potential is in the initial state: ?(x,0)=A[1?3?m???x+2?m??x2]e?m?x2/2? where A is the normalization constant. (a) Express the state using ket notation; in other words, find ???. (Note: It's probably easier to do this "by inspection" of the energy eigenfunctions rather than by explicitly calculating overlap integrals.) (b) Calculate the expectation value of the energy. (c) At a later time T, the wave function is: ?(x,T)=B[1?3i?m???x?2?m??x2]e?m?x2/2? for some constant B. What is the smallest possible value of T for which this is the case?