Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2001 iii Paper 67 1 iii Solution Created 2026-10-03 Updated 2026-10-14
Use the same conserved-source interpretation, comoving number density and normalization as in the preceding part. DefineThe open matter-dominated Friedmann solution then has , and . The present parameter satisfiesThe cosmological bolometric background from conserved sources is thereforeSince , the open dust bolometric background integral isThis leaves the answer in the requested parameter form and makes no use of a radial-distance approximation. For arbitrary proper number density instead, the same calculation gives
For the conserved population, compare models with the same present . As , and . The leading term in the square bracket is ; the terms linear in and vanish after multiplication by . HenceThis is also immediate in the Milne model, for which and . If one compares at fixed cosmic age instead, the results are and , so the empty open model gives of the flat-model flux. Specifying what is held fixed is necessary because the two expansion histories have different ages at the same Hubble constant.