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Is the Big Rip unreachable? / Dimopoulos, Konstantinos.
In: Physics Letters B, Vol. 785, 10.10.2018, p. 132-135.

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Dimopoulos, K 2018, 'Is the Big Rip unreachable?', Physics Letters B, vol. 785, pp. 132-135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2018.08.040

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Dimopoulos, K. (2018). Is the Big Rip unreachable? Physics Letters B, 785, 132-135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2018.08.040

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Dimopoulos K. Is the Big Rip unreachable? Physics Letters B. 2018 Oct 10;785:132-135. Epub 2018 Aug 24. doi: 10.1016/j.physletb.2018.08.040

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Dimopoulos, Konstantinos. / Is the Big Rip unreachable?. In: Physics Letters B. 2018 ; Vol. 785. pp. 132-135.

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abstract = "I investigate the repercussions of particle production when the Universe is dominated by a hypothetical phantom substance. I show that backreaction due to particle production prevents the density from shooting to infinity at a Big Rip, but instead forces it to stabilise at a large constant value. Afterwards there is a period of de-Sitter inflation. I speculate that this might lead to a cyclic Universe. ",
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