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Temperature of a decoupled relativistic relic

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If a relativistic species decouples when the coupled plasma has g∗s,dec​ entropy degrees of freedom, then after the plasma reaches g∗s​ degrees of freedom,
TTrelic​​=(g∗s,dec​g∗s​​)1/3.
(1)
The ratio follows from separate redshifting of the decoupled species and cosmological entropy conservation in the coupled plasma.

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