Question: (a) Write down the time-dependent Schrdinger equation in momentum space, for a free particle, and solve it. (b) Find (p,0) for the traveling gaussian

(a) Write down the time-dependent “Schrödinger equation” in momentum space, for a free particle, and solve it.
exp(-ip-t/2mh) (p.0).(b) Find ϕ (p,0) for the traveling gaussian wave packet (Problem 2.42), and construct ϕ (p,0) for this case. Also construct |ϕ (p,0)|2, and it is independent of time.
(c) Calculate (p) and (p2) by evaluating the appropriate integrals involving Φ, and compare your answers to Problem 2.42.
(d) Show that (H) = (p)2 /2m + (H)0 (where the subscript 0 denotes the stationary gaussian), and comment on this result.

exp(-ip-t/2mh) (p.0).

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