Published August 19, 2004 | Version v1
Journal article

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.