Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2023/iii/paper-310/2/c/solution

When , the Fermi-Dirac distribution approaches the step function for and zero for . For one internal state and negligible mass, the degenerate relic neutrino energy density is therefore
so .
At thermal equilibrium, the antineutrino chemical potential is . Its occupation is approximately , giving
It is exponentially smaller than the neutrino density; this particle-antiparticle imbalance is a cosmological lepton asymmetry.

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