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The unpolarised spin fluid carries an entropy density comparable to the radiation value at the same temperature, so the matter sector is not a negligible appendix to the radiation ledger at the bounce, whatever is true at late times. Polarisation, which coherent torsion scenarios require, carries a definite per-particle entropy price that must be paid by whatever aligns the spins. The computation is performed from stated assumptions in a density-limited bounce, in which the neutron-branch limit density sets a maximum density, a finite bounce temperature, and a minimum horizon size. Headline values from the deposited calculation are: n_per_m3 = 5.80e+84; T_bounce_K = 3.28e+22; E_F_eV = 6.40e+34; kBT_over_EF = 4.41e-17; s_unpolarised_per_particle_kB = 2.18e-16; polarisation_deficit_per_particle_kB = 0.693; s_density_unpol_kB_m3 = 1.26e+69. The study is simulated and computed, not measured, and its conclusions are stated at the precision the stated assumptions support.
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