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Recent many physicists suggest that the dark energy in the universe might result from the Born–Infeld (B–I) type scalar field of string theory. The universe of B–I type scalar field with potential can undergo a phase of accelerating expansion. The corresponding equation of state parameter lies in the range of -1<ω<-⅓. The equation of state parameter of B–I type scalar field without potential lies in the range of 0≤ω≤1. We find that weak energy condition and strong energy condition are violated for phantom B–I type scalar field. The equation of state parameter lies in the range of ω<-1.

We consider the phantom cosmology with a Lagrangian originated from the nonlinear Born–Infeld type scalar field. This cosmological model can explain the accelerating expansion of the universe with the equation of state parameter w ≤ -1. We get a sufficient condition for an arbitrary potential that admits a late time attractor solution: the value of potential u(X_c) at the critical point (X_c, 0) should be maximum and greater than zero. We study a specific potential with the form of via phase plane analysis and compute the cosmological evolution by numerical analysis in detail. The results show that the phantom field survives till today (to account for the present observed accelerating expansion) without interfering with the nucleosynthesis of the standard model (the density parameter Ω_ϕ≃10^-12 at the equipartition epoch), and also avoid the future collapse of the universe.

We develop a generalization of semiclassical field theory for the case of non-Hermitian Hamiltonians with CPT symmetry and construct a classical cosmological, scalar-field based model describing a smooth transition from ordinary dark energy to the phantom one. Our model arises from a Lagrangian with a complex potential leading to a non-trivial vacuum with real vacuum energy. Equivalence with models involving two scalar fields one of which is phantom-like is discussed.

In this paper, the RS-II model of brane gravity is considered for the phantom universe using a nonlinear equation of state. Phantom fluid is known to violate the weak energy condition. It is found that this characteristic of phantom energy is affected drastically by the negative brane tension λ of the RS-II model. It is interesting to see that up to a certain value of energy density ρ satisfying ρ/λ < 1, the weak energy condition is violated and the universe superaccelerates. But, as ρ increases more, only the strong energy condition is violated and the universe accelerates. When 1 < ρ/λ < 2, even the strong energy condition is not violated and the universe decelerates. Expansion of the universe stops when ρ = 2 λ. This is contrary to earlier results of the phantom universe exhibiting acceleration only.

We consider the PT-symmetric flat Friedmann model of two scalar fields with positive kinetic terms. While the potential of one "normal" field is taken real, that of the other field is complex. We study a complex classical solution of the system of the two Klein–Gordon equations together with the Friedmann equation. The solution for the normal field is real, while the solution for the second field is purely imaginary, realizing classically the "phantom" behavior. The energy density and pressure are real and the corresponding geometry is well defined. The Lagrangian for the linear perturbations has the correct potential signs for both the fields so that the problem of stability does not arise. The background dynamics is determined by an effective action including two real fields — one normal and one "phantom." Remarkably, the phantom phase in the cosmological evolution is transient and the Big Rip never occurs. Our model is contrasted with well known quintom models, which also include one normal and one phantom field.

In this paper, we have presented a cosmological model where a phantom scalar field is minimally coupled to dark matter component. Noether symmetry method was applied both to investigate the cosmological solution and to find out what is the form of the potential of scalar field and the unknown function in the considered model. By using this method, these forms are resulted as trigonometric functions. Also, the obtained cosmological solutions are compatible with observations describing the accelerated expansion of the Universe. Furthermore, it turns out that the effective equation of state parameter in the model can cross the phantom divide line.