A particle starts out (at time t = 0) in the Nth state of the infinite square well. Now the “floor” of the well rises temporarily (maybe water leaks in, and then drains out again), so that the potential inside is uniform but time dependent: V₀(t), with V₀(0) = V₀(T) = 0.
(a) Solve for the exact C_m(t), using Equation 11.116, and show that the wave function changes phase, but no transitions occur. Find the phase change, ∅(T), in terms of the function V₀(t).
(b) Analyze the same problem in first-order perturbation theory, and compare your answers.
The same result holds whenever the perturbation simply adds a constant (constant in x, that is, not in t) to the potential; it has nothing to do with the infinite square well, as such. Compare Problem 1.8.

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Cm - Σ n CHymne Em-En /h (EE)/ (11.116)