Note on the chemical potential of decoupled matter in the Universe
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
2011-09-13 v1 Statistical Mechanics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Abstract
Textbooks on cosmology exhibit a thermodynamic inconsistency for free streaming, decoupled matter. It is connected here to the chemical potential, which deviates from its equilibrium value , where is the usual parameter of the Fermi-Dirac or Bose-Einstein distribution function.
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@article{arxiv.1109.0487,
title = {Note on the chemical potential of decoupled matter in the Universe},
author = {Theo M. Nieuwenhuizen and Claudia Pombo},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1109.0487},
year = {2011}
}
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