Solution

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For the flat FRW metric, , , and . Consequently the kinetic contraction of the scalar field is
Inserting this in , with and , gives
These are contravariant coordinate components of the stress-energy tensor; spatial components in an orthonormal frame carry different powers of . In particular is the energy density seen by the comoving observer.

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