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Universal behavior of the BCS energy gap

Mathematical Physics 2023-12-19 v1 Quantum Gases Superconductivity math.MP

Abstract

We consider the BCS energy gap Ξ(T)\Xi(T) (essentially given by Ξ(T)Δ(T,μ)\Xi(T) \approx \Delta(T, \sqrt\mu), the BCS order parameter) at all temperatures 0TTc0 \le T \le T_c up to the critical one, TcT_c, and show that, in the limit of weak coupling, the ratio Ξ(T)/Tc\Xi(T)/T_c is given by a universal function of the relative temperature T/TcT/T_c. On the one hand, this recovers a recent result by Langmann and Triola (Phys. Rev. B 108.10 (2023)) on three-dimensional ss-wave superconductors for temperatures bounded uniformly away from TcT_c. On the other hand, our result lifts these restrictions, as we consider arbitrary spatial dimensions d{1,2,3}d \in \{1,2,3\}, discuss superconductors with non-zero angular momentum (primarily in two dimensions), and treat the perhaps physically most interesting (due to the occurrence of the superconducting phase transition) regime of temperatures close to TcT_c.

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@article{arxiv.2312.11310,
  title  = {Universal behavior of the BCS energy gap},
  author = {Joscha Henheik and Asbjørn Bækgaard Lauritsen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2312.11310},
  year   = {2023}
}

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40 pages, 2 figures