Phy5645/HO problem2

Problem 2: Calculate the expectation value of p in eigenstate.

Solution:

$\langle \Psi _{n}|p|\Psi _{n}\rangle =-i{\sqrt {\frac {m\hbar \omega }{2}}}\langle \Psi _{n}|{\hat {a}}-{\hat {a}}^{\dagger }|\Psi _{n}\rangle$

$=-i{\sqrt {\frac {m\hbar \omega }{2}}}(\langle \Psi _{n}|{\hat {a}}\Psi _{n}\rangle -\langle \Psi _{n}|{\hat {a}}^{\dagger }\Psi _{n}\rangle )$

$=-i{\sqrt {\frac {m\hbar \omega }{2}}}({\sqrt {n}}\langle \Psi _{n}|\Psi _{n}-1\rangle -{\sqrt {n+1}}\langle \Psi _{n}|\Psi _{n}+1\rangle )$

$=0$

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