At t=0, a particle in a 1-D potential is described by the following wavefunction:
Ψ(?) = ???−??2 − ∞ ≤ ? ≤ +∞ A and a are constants
(a) Find A in terms of ‘a’
(b) Calculate the expectation value of the momentum, 〈?̂〉.
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At t=0, a particle in a 1-D potential is described by the following wavefunction:
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