A Modern Approach to Quantum Mechanics · Problem 8.1

Translational and Rotational Symmetry in the Two-Body Problem — John S. Townsend

Physics — Quantum Mechanics · free-particle-propagator-gaussian-wave-packet

Problem

Use the free-particle propagator (8.9) in (8.3) to determine how the Gaussian position-space wave packet (6.59) evolves in time. Check your result by comparing with (6.76).

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