Phantom inflation and the 'Big Trip'
- 1. Colina de los Chopos, Instituto de Matematicas y Fisica Fundamental, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Serrano 121, 28006 Madrid (Spain)
Description
Primordial inflation is regarded to be driven by a phantom field which is here implemented as a scalar field satisfying an equation of state p=ωρ, with ω-1. Being even aggravated by the weird properties of phantom energy, this will pose a serious problem with the exit from the inflationary phase. We argue, however, in favor of the speculation that a smooth exit from the phantom inflationary phase can still be tentatively recovered by considering a multiverse scenario where the primordial phantom universe would travel in time toward a future universe filled with usual radiation, before reaching the big rip. We call this transition the 'Big Trip' and assume it to take place with the help of some form of anthropic principle which chooses our current universe as being the final destination of the time transition
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.physletb.2004.06.080;
- arXiv
- arXiv:hep-th/0406261v1;
- PII
- S0370-2693(04)00959-1;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physics Letters. Section B
- Journal Volume
- 596
- Journal Issue
- 1-2
- Journal Page Range
- p. 16-25
- ISSN
- 0370-2693
- CODEN
- PYLBAJ
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 37062020
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- EQUATIONS OF STATE; INFLATIONARY UNIVERSE; SCALAR FIELDS; SPACE-TIME; UNIVERSE
- Descriptors DEC
- COSMOLOGICAL MODELS; EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS
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- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2004 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.