We now examine problems where the Hamiltonian depends on time. For such cases, energy is not conserved and so there are no stationary states. In general, for such problems it is very difficult to find exact solutions to the Schrödinger equation. Where progress can be made is in situations where time dependence is only in a small part of the Hamiltonian. Time-dependent perturbation theory is the formal approach to address such problems.
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