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Weak-decoupling temperature estimate (Td​∼[1.66g∗​​/(GF2​MP​)]1/3)

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In natural units with unreduced Planck mass MP​=G−1/2, the radiation-era Hubble parameter scales as g∗​​T2/MP​, while a low-energy weak interaction rate scales as GF2​T5. Their equality gives a decoupling scale of order one MeV. Distinct weak processes have distinct rate coefficients: neutrino decoupling and cosmological weak freeze-out of neutron-proton conversion are nearby events, not an identical precise temperature inferred from the power laws alone.

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