Paper 1, Section I, E
Part II, 2012
The number density of photons in equilibrium at temperature is given by
where is Boltzmann's constant). Show that . Show further that , where is the photon energy density.
Write down the Friedmann equation for the scale factor of a flat homogeneous and isotropic universe. State the relation between and the mass density for a radiation-dominated universe and hence deduce the time-dependence of . How does the temperature depend on time?