For an extensive equilibrium system, the thermodynamic Euler relation gives . At zero chemical potential, divide by to obtain . Equivalently, makesThe first law of thermodynamics identifies this as ; the thermodynamic Euler relation fixes the entropy normalization. For adiabatic expansion satisfying the cosmological perfect-fluid continuity equation, the numerator on the right vanishes, proving cosmological entropy conservation.
For a dilute nonrelativistic gas with and zero chemical potential, the Bose-Einstein distribution approaches the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution. Expanding in the number density integral gives . Since and , the entropy density at zero chemical potential gives and hence the displayed leading expression. This includes the internal multiplicity ; a single real scalar field has .
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