of the form H 0 (t)+ W (t), where H 0 (t) commutes for all t with a complete set of time-
independent projectors {P_j\} _ j= 1^ ∞. Consider the observable A=∑ j P j λ j where λ j≃ j μ,
μ> 0, for j large. Assuming that the “matrix elements” of W (t) behave as for p> 0 large
enough, we prove estimates on the expectation value ⟨ U (t) ϕ| AU (t) ϕ ⟩ ≡ ⟨ A\rangle_ ϕ
(t) for large times of the type where δ> 0 depends on p and μ. Typical applications concern …