In A Particle in a Box- 1 we have seen that we can write the quantum state of a particle in a box in the eigen-basis of energy operator. From now on we will call this the Hamiltonian operator. For a recap the eigenvalue equation for the Hamiltonian for a particle in a box system is
with
and
With this we could write any arbitrary state of the system as
Here are the expansion coefficients (or probability amplitudes) whose modulus square
is the probability that upon measurement the system will return energy
associated with the eigenvector
.
Lets now ask the question
Where is the particle in the box?
To answer this question we need to look first at Position Operator
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Sir.
Can we say that a ket if represented in term of eignvectors(which we know r base vecters) is a superpostion state of a partical .Becz that ket is being represented as liner combination of those eignvectors.
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Yes, the system ket will either be eigenket of some observable or the superposition of the eigenkets of that observable
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