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Appeasing the phantom menace?

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IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2010/04/016

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modified gravity; dark energy theory

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  1. Portuguese Agency Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia [SFRH/BPD/26542/2006, SFRH/BD/43709/2008]
  2. [FEDER/POCI/FIS/P/57547/2004]
  3. Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [SFRH/BD/43709/2008] Funding Source: FCT

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An induced gravity brane-world model is considered herein. A Gauss-Bonnet term is provided for the bulk, whereas phantom matter is present on the brane. It is shown that a combination of infra-red and ultra-violet modifications to general relativity replaces a big rip singularity: A sudden singularity emerges instead. Using current observational data, we also determine a range of values for the cosmic time corresponding to the sudden singularity occurrence.

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