Heisenberg Picture (Heisenberg, 1925)

Let observable A^\hat{A}. The Heisen picture operator is

A~(t)=U(t)AU(t)\tilde{A}(t)=U^\dagger (t)AU(t)
Schrödinger PictureHeisenberg Picture
State$\psi(t)\rangle = U(t)\psi(0)\rangle$$\psi(0)\rangle$ constant
ObservableAA constantA~(t)=U(t)AU(t)\tilde{A}(t) = U^\dagger(t)\, A\, U(t)
Dynamics$i\hbar\dfrac{d\psi\rangle}{dt} = H(t)\psi(t)\rangle$dA~dt=i[H~(t),A~(t)]\dfrac{d\tilde{A}}{dt} = \dfrac{i}{\hbar}[\tilde{H}(t), \tilde{A}(t)]

For Uniform dynamics, H~(t)=H~\tilde{H}(t)=\tilde{H}. That means U(t)U(t,t0)=eiHt/eiHt0/U(t)\triangleq U(t,t_0)= e^{-iHt/\hbar}e^{iHt_0/\hbar}

We know that something commutes with itself, so [U(t),H]=0[U(t), H]=0

H~(t)=U(t)HU(t)=H\Rightarrow\tilde{H}(t)=U^\dagger(t)HU(t)=H

Heisenberg equation of motion for A~(t)\tilde{A}(t)

ddtA(t)=ddt(UAU+UAdUdt)\frac{d}{dt}A(t)=\frac{d}{dt}(U^\dagger AU + U^\dagger A\frac{dU}{dt}) =1iUHAU+1iUAHU=-\frac{1}{i\hbar}U^\dagger H A U+\frac{1}{i\hbar}U^\dagger A H U =i(UHUUAUUAUUHU)=-\frac{i}{\hbar}(U^\dagger HU U^\dagger A U - U^\dagger A U U^\dagger H U)

because commutator,

ddtA^(t)=i[H^(t),A^(t)]\boxed{\frac{d}{dt}\hat{A}(t)=\frac{i}{\hbar}[\hat{H}(t),\hat{A}(t)]}