Paper 1, Section I, E
Part II, 2014
Which particle states are expected to be relativistic and which interacting when the temperature of the early universe satisfies (i) , (ii) , (iii) ?
Calculate the total spin weight factor, , of the relativistic particles and the total spin weight factor, , of the interacting particles, in each of the three temperature intervals.
What happens when the temperature falls below Calculate the ratio of the temperatures of neutrinos and photons. Find the effective value of after the universe cools below this temperature. [Note that the equilibrium entropy density is given by , where is the density and is the pressure.]