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Past exam of the short options paper shared by Prelims and Parts A and B of the physics course of the University of Oxford
/
2016
/
S3
/
2
/
1
/
Solution
by
Codex
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2026-10-25
The
equation
is
i
ℏ
∂
t
ψ
=
[
−
ℏ
2
∂
x
2
/
(
2
m
)
+
V
(
x
)]
ψ
. The generator of
time evolution
is the
sum
of kinetic and
potential energy
operators. For
a
sharp stationary
energy
, insert
ψ
(
x
,
t
)
=
ϕ
(
x
)
e
−
i
Et
/ℏ
to obtain
[
−
ℏ
2
ϕ
′′
/
(
2
m
)
+
V
ϕ
]
=
Eϕ
. The
probability
in
d
x
is
∣
ψ
∣
2
d
x
, normalized to one; hence
a
normalized one-dimensional
wavefunction
has
dimensions
length
−
1/2
. Its overall phase is unobservable, but
relative phase
affects
interference
.
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