Solution

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Because ,
Using and the given photon density in the deuterium equilibrium abundance formula gives
Although the exponential favors deuterium once , the very small factor expresses the enormous excess of photons. The high-energy tail therefore photodissociates newly formed deuterium until the temperature is well below ; this is the deuterium bottleneck.

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