Phys. Rev. D 68, 063508 (2003) [5 pages]Possible end of the universe in a finite future from dark energy with w<-1Received 12 March 2003; revised 10 July 2003; published 23 September 2003 The occurrence of a big smash singularity which ends the universe in a finite time in the future is investigated in the context of superquintessence, i.e. dark energy with an effective equation of state parameter w<-1 and Ḣ>0. The simplest toy model of superquintessence based on a single nonminimally coupled scalar field exhibits big smash solutions which are attractors in phase space. © 2003 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.68.063508
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevD.68.063508
PACS:
98.80.Cq
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