TY - JOUR AB - We show that the energy gap for the BCS gap equation is Ξ=μ(8e−2+o(1))exp(π2μ−−√a) in the low density limit μ→0. Together with the similar result for the critical temperature by Hainzl and Seiringer (Lett Math Phys 84: 99–107, 2008), 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 V. The results hold for a class of potentials with negative scattering length a and no bound states. AU - Lauritsen, Asbjørn Bækgaard ID - 9121 JF - Letters in Mathematical Physics KW - Mathematical Physics KW - Statistical and Nonlinear Physics SN - 0377-9017 TI - The BCS energy gap at low density VL - 111 ER -