 Neutrino tensor free-streaming kernel (source code)

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= Neutrino tensor free-streaming kernel
{title2=$K(x)=j_2(x)/x^2$}

Projecting free-streaming <neutrinos> onto the tensor <spherical harmonic> gives
$$
K(x)=\frac1{16}\int_{-1}^{1}(1-\mu^2)^2e^{-ix\mu}\,d\mu
=\frac{j_2(x)}{x^2},\qquad K(0)=\frac1{15}.
$$
Here $j_2$ is a <Spherical Bessel function>. The continuous value at zero follows by integrating $(1-\mu^2)^2$, whose integral is $16/15$.

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