Paper 1, Section II, B
(a) A particle of mass in one space dimension is confined to move in a potential given by
The normalised initial wavefunction of the particle at time is
(i) Find the expectation value of the energy at time .
(ii) Find the wavefunction of the particle at time .
[Hint: It may be useful to recall the identity .]
(b) The right hand wall of the potential is lowered to a finite constant value giving the new potential:
This potential is set up in the laboratory but the value of is unknown. The stationary states of the potential are investigated and it is found that there exists exactly one bound state. Show that the value of must satisfy
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