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Superposition and Expectation Values

In this exercise, students can visualize superposition of states and how these superpositions effect expectation values of operators like position and momentum.

 

Key words and phrases: eigenstates, superposition, quantum harmonic oscillator, expectation values, time evolution, position, momentum

A PDF of this exercise can be found here.

A zip folder containing the flowfile for this exercise can be found here.

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