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I have a momentum-shifting operator ##e^{i\Delta p x/\hbar}## acting on the ground state ##\ket{0}## of the QHO, and I want to compute the overlap of this state with the n##^{th}## excited QHO state ##\ket{n}##. Given ##\hat{a}^\dagger=\sqrt{\dfrac{m\omega}{2\hbar}}x-ip\sqrt{\dfrac{1}{2m\omega\hbar}}##, I let ##c=i\Delta p\sqrt{\dfrac{2}{m\omega\hbar}}## and obtain ##e^{c\hat{a}^\dagger}\ket{0}=\sum_{m=0}^\infty\dfrac{c^m(\hat{a}^\dagger)^m}{m!}\ket{0}=\sum_{m=0}^\infty\dfrac{c^m}{\sqrt{m!}}\ket{m}##. Then ##\bra{n}e^{c\hat{a}^\dagger}\ket{0}=\bra{n}e^{\frac{i\Delta px}{\hbar}+\frac{p\Delta p}{m\omega\hbar}}\ket{0}=\bra{n}e^{\frac{i\Delta px}{\hbar}}e^{\frac{p\Delta p}{m\omega\hbar}}e^{\frac{-(\Delta p)^2}{\hbar m\omega}}\ket{0}=\dfrac{(i\Delta p\sqrt{\frac{2}{m\omega\hbar}})^n}{\sqrt{n!}},## using the Baker-Campbell-Hausdorff formula. Now I write ##\bra{n}e^{c\hat{a}^\dagger}\ket{0}=\dfrac{(i\Delta p\sqrt{\frac{2}{m\omega\hbar}})^n}{\sqrt{n!}}e^{-\frac{p\Delta p}{m\omega\hbar}}e^{\frac{(\Delta p)^2}{\hbar m\omega}}##. Is this valid? I have concerns about moving the exponential of the momentum operator out of the inner product. Might I instead write ##\ket{n}## in terms of coherent states in order to find the overlap?
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I have a momentum-shifting operator ##e^{i\Delta p x/\hbar}## acting on the ground state ##\ket{0}## of the QHO, and I want to compute the overlap of this state with the n##^{th}## excited QHO state ##\ket{n}##. Given ##\hat{a}^\dagger=\sqrt{\dfrac{m\omega}{2\hbar}}x-ip\sqrt{\dfrac{1}{2m\omega\hbar}}##, I let ##c=i\Delta p\sqrt{\dfrac{2}{m\omega\hbar}}## and obtain ##e^{c\hat{a}^\dagger}\ket{0}=\sum_{m=0}^\infty\dfrac{c^m(\hat{a}^\dagger)^m}{m!}\ket{0}=\sum_{m=0}^\infty\dfrac{c^m}{\sqrt{m!}}\ket{m}##. Then ##\bra{n}e^{c\hat{a}^\dagger}\ket{0}=\bra{n}e^{\frac{i\Delta px}{\hbar}+\frac{p\Delta p}{m\omega\hbar}}\ket{0}=\bra{n}e^{\frac{i\Delta px}{\hbar}}e^{\frac{p\Delta p}{m\omega\hbar}}e^{\frac{-(\Delta p)^2}{\hbar m\omega}}\ket{0}=\dfrac{(i\Delta p\sqrt{\frac{2}{m\omega\hbar}})^n}{\sqrt{n!}},## using the Baker-Campbell-Hausdorff formula. Now I write ##\bra{n}e^{c\hat{a}^\dagger}\ket{0}=\dfrac{(i\Delta p\sqrt{\frac{2}{m\omega\hbar}})^n}{\sqrt{n!}}e^{-\frac{p\Delta p}{m\omega\hbar}}e^{\frac{(\Delta p)^2}{\hbar m\omega}}##. Is this valid? I have concerns about moving the exponential of the momentum operator out of the inner product. Might I instead write ##\ket{n}## in terms of coherent states in order to find the overlap?