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Phantom cosmology with general potentials

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2009-11-11 v1 Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We present a unified treatment of the phase space of a spatially flat homogeneous and isotropic universe dominated by a phantom field. Results on the dynamics and the late time attractors (Big Rip, de Sitter, etc.) are derived without specifying the form of the phantom potential, using only general assumptions on its shape. Many results found in the literature are quickly recovered and predictions are made for new scenarios.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0506095,
  title  = {Phantom cosmology with general potentials},
  author = {Valerio Faraoni},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0506095},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

16 pages, LaTeX, to appear in Class. Quant. Grav