Solution

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Let be proper volume, let count the populated internal states, and take and . Spherical integration in momentum space gives
Using the fermion-to-boson thermal integral ratio, the minus-denominator boson integral is and the plus-denominator fermion integral is . Hence
The energy integral has one extra factor :
The supplied distribution identity gives the fermion integral as . Therefore
For 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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