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Past exam of the general relativity and cosmology course of the University of Oxford 2018 4 b Solution by
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Let be proper volume, let count the populated internal states, and take and . Spherical integration in momentum space givesUsing the fermion-to-boson thermal integral ratio, the minus-denominator boson integral is and the plus-denominator fermion integral is . HenceThe energy integral has one extra factor :The supplied distribution identity gives the fermion integral as . ThereforeFor an isotropic ultrarelativistic gas, momentum flux gives . Since and ,Photons have , electrons and Positrons each have , and each neutrino or antineutrino species has one populated helicity in the standard thermal bath.
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