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Boltzmann suppression of a nonrelativistic relic (neq​≃g(mT/2π)3/2e−m/T)

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A nonrelativistic species with g states and negligible chemical potential has equilibrium density g(mT/(2π))3/2e−m/T. If particle-antiparticle annihilation maintains equilibrium after the species becomes massive, its eventual freeze-out population can be much smaller than a relativistically decoupled population. The nonrelativistic annihilation rate and any asymmetry determine the final abundance.

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