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Past exam of the quantum theory course of the University of Oxford 2023 1 c i Solution by
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Put and retain the global phase from the preceding Lüders rule update. Since , the same orthonormal basis diagonalizes the new Hamiltonian operator, withIn particular, . Applying unitary time evolution from therefore givesThis is rigid translation from a momentum term in the Hamiltonian: the position probability density moves with velocity . The plus sign in follows directly from the negative sign of . At the expression agrees exactly with the preceding post-measurement state.
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