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Rigid shape of the probability distribution

 

Compute tex2html_wrap_inline529 from your solution and show that we may write tex2html_wrap_inline531 in the form tex2html_wrap_inline533 , where tex2html_wrap_inline473 and tex2html_wrap_inline537 are constants independent of time. (Background: Note that this means that the probability distribution does not change shape but simply shifts rigidly back and forth as a function of time. The fact that the distribution keeps its shape as a function of time is related to why these solutions are called ``Coherent States''.)



Prof. Tomas Alberto Arias
Thu Mar 20 17:04:34 EST 1997