Possible end of the universe in a finite future from dark energy with w-1

Jul, 2003
20 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 68 (2003) 063508
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Abstract: (arXiv)
The occurrence of a big smash singularity which ends the universe in a finite time in the future is investigated in the context of superquintessence, i.e. dark energy with effective equation of state parameter w<-1. The simplest model of superquintessence based on a single nonminimally coupled scalar field exhibits big smash solutions which are attractors in phase space.
  • 98.80.Cq
  • cosmological model
  • singularity
  • quintessence
  • field theory: scalar
  • perturbation: linear
  • stability