Acta Sinica Quantum Optica

Bose-Einstein Condensation in External Potential

Guofeng Zhang

Published Jan 1, 2003• 0 citations

Abstract

In this paper, (1) a kind of meaning of the BEC concept and the condition of the BEC formation of synopsis are introduced.(2) we demonstrate the possibility of BEC of an ideal Bose gas confined by one-and two-dimensional power-law traps. One-dimensional systems display BEC in traps that are more confined than parabolic: U(x)～xη, η2, Two-dimensional systems display BEC for any finite Value of η.

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