We complete our study on the uncertainties in position and momentum associated with the semiclassical Hagedorn wave packets by first filling in a technical gap in the dynamics of bound states for isochronous potentials. We then consider scattered states and show that, if the packet is reflected from the potential or transmitted through a symmetric potential, then a minimal uncertainty “initial” state cannot in general lead to a “final” state with minimal uncertainty, and we give an explicit relationship for the difference in terms of a characteristic time associated with classical trajectories. We also characterize the behavior of the uncertainty product in the case where the underlying classical dynamics lead to capture by the potential.
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