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Compute
from your
solution and show that the probability distribution does not change
shape but simply shifts rigidly back and forth as a function of time.
Stated mathematically, this means that we may write
in the
form
, where
and
are constants independent 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 Oct 12 17:12:55 EDT 1995