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Past exam of the quantum theory course of the University of Oxford 2021 1 c ii Solution by
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The coefficient of the momentum eigenstate is . The Born rule therefore gives . Conditional on this outcome, the projective measurement prepares the post-measurement state , equivalent to up to global phase.
Since , the subsequent energy measurement has conditional probability one of giving the specified energy eigenvalue. The probability for the entire sequence is consequentlyAny intervening unitary time evolution under the same Hamiltonian operator preserves this energy eigenstate, up to global phase.
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