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The BCS Energy Gap at Low Density

Mathematical Physics 2021-02-16 v1 math.MP

Abstract

We show that the energy gap for the BCS gap equation is Ξ=μ(8e2+o(1))exp(π2μa) \Xi = \mu \left( 8 e^{-2} + o(1)\right) \exp\left( \frac{\pi}{2\sqrt{\mu} a}\right) in the low density limit μ0\mu \to 0. Together with the similar result for the critical temperature [arXiv:0803.3324] this shows that, in the low density limit, the ratio of the energy gap and critical temperature is a universal constant independent of the interaction potential VV. The results hold for a class of potentials with negative scattering length aa and no bound states.

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@article{arxiv.2009.03701,
  title  = {The BCS Energy Gap at Low Density},
  author = {Asbjørn Bækgaard Lauritsen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2009.03701},
  year   = {2021}
}

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