3.I.7G
Part IB, 2005
The wave function is a solution of the time-dependent Schrödinger equation for a particle of mass in a potential ,
where is the Hamiltonian. Define the expectation value, , of any operator .
At time can be written as a sum of the form
where is a complete set of normalized eigenfunctions of the Hamiltonian with energy eigenvalues and are complex coefficients that satisfy . Find for . What is the probability of finding the system in a state with energy at time ?
Show that the expectation value of the energy is independent of time.