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Past exam of the quantum theory course of the University of Oxford 2023 3 c i Solution by
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The Hamiltonian operator is already diagonal in the angular momentum eigenstate basis of part (b). Its three distinct energy eigenvalues and stationary states areThus the three column eigenvectors are , and , with energies , zero and , respectively. Each is nondegenerate since . Any nonzero scalar multiple gives the same stationary state after normalization; a quantum superposition of different energies is generally not stationary.
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