Quintom models with an equation of state crossing -1
Abstract
In this paper, we investigate a kind of special quintom model, which is made of a quintessence field and a phantom field , and the potential function has the form of . This kind of quintom fields can be separated into two kinds: the hessence model, which has the state of , and the hantom model with the state . We discuss the evolution of these models in the -plane ( is the state equation of the dark energy, and is its time derivative in unites of Hubble time), and find that according to or , and the potential of the quintom being climbed up or rolled down, the - plane can be divided into four parts. The late time attractor solution, if existing, is always quintessence-like or -like for hessence field, so the Big Rip doesn't exist. But for hantom field, its late time attractor solution can be phantom-like or -like, and sometimes, the Big Rip is unavoidable. Then we consider two special cases: one is the hessence field with an exponential potential, and the other is with a power law potential. We investigate their evolution in the - plane. We also develop a theoretical method of constructing the hessence potential function directly from the effective equation of state function . We apply our method to five kinds of parametrizations of equation of state parameter, where crossing -1 can exist, and find they all can be realized. At last, we discuss the evolution of the perturbations of the quintom field, and find the perturbations of the quintom and the metric are all finite even if at the state of and .
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0604460,
title = {Quintom models with an equation of state crossing -1},
author = {Wen Zhao and Yang Zhang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0604460},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
28 pages, 8 figures. Style is revised