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A Quintom scenario with mixed kinetic terms

High Energy Physics - Theory 2014-11-20 v2 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We examine an extension of the quintom scenario of dark energy, in which a canonical scalar field and a phantom field are coupled through a kinetic interaction. We perform a phase space analysis and show that the kinetic coupling gives rise to novel cosmological behaviour. In particular, we obtain both quintessence-like and phantom-like late-time solutions, as well as solutions that cross the phantom divide during the evolution of the universe.

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@article{arxiv.0912.5304,
  title  = {A Quintom scenario with mixed kinetic terms},
  author = {Emmanuel N. Saridakis and Joel M. Weller},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0912.5304},
  year   = {2014}
}

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11 pages, 4 figures, version published in Phys. Rev. D

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