Mass cancellation in sharp-freeze-out number dilution
ID: mass-cancellation-in-sharp-freeze-out-number-dilution
For an imposed equilibrium cutoff and density , dilution by cancels the explicit mass in the final number density. The rest-energy density still scales with particle mass. This result assumes constant entropy degrees of freedom and no post-cutoff annihilation; entropy conservation adds a factor when these assumptions are relaxed.
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