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7.3 Exercise 1

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A particle with mass m is moving along the x-axis in a potential given by the potential energy function U(x)=0.5mω2x2U \left(x\right) = 0.5 m \omega^{2} x^{2}. Compute the product Ψ(x,t)*U(x)Ψ(x,t).\Psi \left(x , t\right)^{\star} U \left(x\right) \Psi \left(x , t\right) . Express your answer in terms of the time-independent wave function, ψ(x).\psi \left(x\right) .

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