為了便利分析，位於下標的符號
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{\displaystyle {}_{\mathcal {H}}}
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{\displaystyle {}_{\mathcal {I}}}
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{\displaystyle {}_{\mathcal {S}}}
通過對於基底 的一種么正變換
在量子力學裏，對於大多數案例的哈密頓量 ，通常無法找到薛定諤方程式 的精確解，只有少數案例可以找到精確解。因此，為了要能夠解析其它沒有精確解的案例，必須將薛定諤繪景裏的哈密頓量
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{\displaystyle H_{\mathcal {S}}\,\!}
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{\displaystyle H_{\mathcal {S}}=H_{0,\,{\mathcal {S}}}+H_{1,\,{\mathcal {S}}}\,\!}
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{\displaystyle H_{0,\,{\mathcal {S}}}\,\!}
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{\displaystyle H_{1,\,{\mathcal {S}}}\,\!}
微擾 。
假若哈密頓量
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{\displaystyle H_{\mathcal {S}}\,\!}
外電場 作用的量子系統，其哈密頓量會含時），則通常會將顯性 含時部分放在
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{\displaystyle H_{1,\,{\mathcal {S}}}\,\!}
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{\displaystyle H_{0,\,{\mathcal {S}}}\,\!}
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{\displaystyle U(t)\,\!}
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{\displaystyle U(t)=e^{-iH_{0,\,{\mathcal {S}}}\,t/\hbar }\,\!}
其中，
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假若對於某些案例，
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{\displaystyle H_{0,\,{\mathcal {S}}}\,\!}
時間演化算符 的公式會變得較為複雜：[ 1] :70-71
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{\displaystyle U(t)=e^{-{\frac {i}{\hbar }}\int \limits _{0}^{t}H_{0,\,{\mathcal {S}}}(t^{'})\,dt^{'}}\,\!}
本條目以下內容假設
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在狄拉克繪景裏，態向量
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{\displaystyle |\psi (t)\rangle _{\mathcal {I}}\,\!}
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{\displaystyle |\psi (t)\rangle _{\mathcal {I}}{\stackrel {def}{=}}e^{iH_{0,\,{\mathcal {S}}}\,t/\hbar }|\psi (t)\rangle _{\mathcal {S}}\,\!}
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{\displaystyle |\psi (t)\rangle _{\mathcal {S}}\,\!}
由於在薛定諤繪景裏， 態向量
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{\displaystyle |\psi (t)\rangle _{\mathcal {S}}\,\!}
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{\displaystyle |\psi (t)\rangle _{\mathcal {S}}=e^{-iH_{\mathcal {S}}\,t/\hbar }|\psi (0)\rangle _{\mathcal {S}}\,\!}
所以，在
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{\displaystyle H_{0,{\mathcal {S}}},H_{\mathcal {S}}}
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{\displaystyle |\psi (t)\rangle _{\mathcal {I}}=e^{-iH_{1,\,{\mathcal {S}}}\,t/\hbar }|\psi (0)\rangle _{\mathcal {S}}\,\!}
在狄拉克繪景裏的算符
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{\displaystyle A_{\mathcal {I}}(t)=e^{iH_{0,\,{\mathcal {S}}}\,t/\hbar }A_{\mathcal {S}}(t)\,e^{-iH_{0,\,{\mathcal {S}}}\,t/\hbar }\,\!}
其中，
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{\displaystyle A_{\mathcal {S}}(t)\,\!}
（請注意，
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{\displaystyle A_{\mathcal {S}}(t)\,\!}
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{\displaystyle A_{\mathcal {S}}\,\!}
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{\displaystyle H_{\mathcal {S}}(t)\,\!}
假若
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{\displaystyle H_{0,\,{\mathcal {S}}}\,\!}
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{\displaystyle e^{iH_{0,\,{\mathcal {S}}}\,t/\hbar }\,\!}
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{\displaystyle H_{0,\,{\mathcal {S}}}\,\!}
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[ 註 1]
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{\displaystyle H_{0,\,{\mathcal {I}}}(t)=e^{iH_{0,\,{\mathcal {S}}}\,t/\hbar }H_{0,\,{\mathcal {S}}}\,e^{-iH_{0,\,{\mathcal {S}}}\,t/\hbar }=H_{0,\,{\mathcal {S}}}\,\!}
所以，算符
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{\displaystyle H_{0,\,{\mathcal {S}}}\,\!}
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{\displaystyle H_{0,\,{\mathcal {I}}}\,\!}
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{\displaystyle H_{0}\,\!}
哈密頓算符的微擾成分
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{\displaystyle H_{1,\,{\mathcal {I}}}\,\!}
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{\displaystyle H_{1,\,{\mathcal {I}}}(t)=e^{iH_{0,\,{\mathcal {S}}}\,t/\hbar }H_{1,\,{\mathcal {S}}}\,e^{-iH_{0,\,{\mathcal {S}}}\,t/\hbar }\,\!}
除非對易關係式
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{\displaystyle [H_{1,\,{\mathcal {S}}},H_{0,\,{\mathcal {S}}}]=0\,\!}
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{\displaystyle H_{1,\,{\mathcal {I}}}\,\!}
與算符類似，在薛定諤繪景裏的密度矩陣 也可以變換到在狄拉克繪景裏。設定
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{\displaystyle \rho _{\mathcal {I}}\,\!}
ρ
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{\displaystyle \rho _{\mathcal {S}}\,\!}
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{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}\rho _{\mathcal {I}}(t)&=\sum _{n}p_{n}|\psi _{n}(t)\rangle _{\mathcal {I}}\,{}_{\mathcal {I}}\langle \psi _{n}(t)|\\&=\sum _{n}p_{n}\,e^{iH_{0,\,{\mathcal {S}}}\,t/\hbar }|\psi _{n}(t)\rangle _{\mathcal {S}}\,{}_{\mathcal {S}}\langle \psi _{n}(t)|e^{-iH_{0,\,{\mathcal {S}}}\,t/\hbar }\\&=e^{iH_{0,\,{\mathcal {S}}}\,t/\hbar }\rho _{\mathcal {S}}(t)\,e^{-iH_{0,\,{\mathcal {S}}}\,t/\hbar }\\\end{aligned}}\,\!}
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![{\displaystyle [H_{1,\,{\mathcal {S}}},H_{0,\,{\mathcal {S}}}]=0\,\!}](https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/cca226bf23cfabe53bb863dc7725ce9ef4d7fe1c)
![{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}i\hbar {\frac {d}{dt}}|\psi (t)\rangle _{\mathcal {I}}&=e^{iH_{0}\,t/\hbar }\left[-H_{0}|\psi (t)\rangle _{\mathcal {S}}+i\hbar {\frac {d}{dt}}|\psi (t)\rangle _{\mathcal {S}}\right]\\&=e^{iH_{0}\,t/\hbar }\left[-H_{0}|\psi (t)\rangle _{\mathcal {S}}+H_{\mathcal {S}}|\psi (t)\rangle _{\mathcal {S}}\right]\\&=e^{iH_{0}\,t/\hbar }H_{1,\,{\mathcal {S}}}|\psi (t)\rangle _{\mathcal {S}}\\&=e^{iH_{0}\,t/\hbar }H_{1,\,{\mathcal {S}}}\,e^{-iH_{0}\,t/\hbar }|\psi (t)\rangle _{\mathcal {I}}\\\end{aligned}}}](https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/cb32c499da6b74f1729fbccb2f6fc463003a6be2)
![{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}i\hbar {\frac {d}{dt}}A_{\mathcal {I}}(t)&=i\hbar {\frac {d}{dt}}(e^{iH_{0}\,t/\hbar }A_{\mathcal {S}}\,e^{-iH_{0}\,t/\hbar })\\&=-H_{0}\,e^{iH_{0}\,t/\hbar }A_{\mathcal {S}}\,e^{-iH_{0}\,t/\hbar }+e^{iH_{0}\,t/\hbar }A_{\mathcal {S}}\,e^{-iH_{0}\,t/\hbar }H_{0}\\&=A_{\mathcal {I}}(t)H_{0}-H_{0}A_{\mathcal {I}}(t)\\&=\left[A_{\mathcal {I}}(t),\,H_{0}\right]\\\end{aligned}}\,\!}](https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/b504216b6dd44224ea8cc426b5c48111e24afffc)
![{\displaystyle i\hbar {\frac {d}{dt}}A_{\mathcal {H}}(t)=\left[A_{\mathcal {H}}(t),\,H\right]\,\!}](https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/75f49b2e479c51c7f4fbb086f37bce4661df66de)
![{\displaystyle i\hbar {\frac {d}{dt}}\rho _{\mathcal {I}}(t)=\left[H_{1,\,{\mathcal {I}}}(t),\rho _{\mathcal {I}}(t)\right]\,\!}](https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/a6473d13d1b0428fea8ae8de051965a7a671aad2)
