Chapter 1: The Wave Function
Q6P
Why can鈥檛 you do integration-by-parts directly on the middle expression in Equation -1.29 pull the time derivative over onto x, note that , and conclude that ?
Q7P
Calculate d銆坧銆/dt. Answer:
This is an instance of Ehrenfest鈥檚 theorem, which asserts that expectation values obey the classical laws
Q8P
Suppose you add a constant to the potential energy (by 鈥渃onstant鈥 I mean independent ofxas well as t). In classical mechanics this doesn鈥檛 change anything, but what about quantum mechanics? Show that the wave function picks up a time-dependent phase factor:. What effect does this have on the expectation value of a dynamical variable?
Q9P
A particle of mass m is in the state:
where A and a are positive real constants.
(a) Find A.
(b) For what potential energy function, V(x), is this a solution to the Schr枚dinger equation?
(c) Calculate the expectation values of x, , p, and .
(d) Find 蟽x and 蟽p. Is their product consistent with the uncertainty principle?