Active Reading Solution: Evolution of an Energy Eigenstate

1. Write |Ψ(x,0)|², which determines position probabilities at t=0.

Because Ψ(x,0) is real we just square it.

2. Write Ψ(x,π/3), the wavefunction at t=π/3.

3.Write |Ψ(x,π/3)|², which determines position probabilities at t=π/3. Simplify your answer.

You can find the modulus squared by multiplying an expression by its own complex conjugate, which you can generally get by replacing i with -i.

When you combine the exponential terms using rules of exponentials (e^ae^b=e^a+b) you get e⁰, which is just 1. So:

4. How did the position probabilities change between these two times?

The position probabilities did not change.