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big rip: a standalone construct

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Cosmology

a predicted fate of a universe dominated by phantom energy in which expansion tears apart all bound structures in finite time.

In cosmology, big rip refers to a predicted fate of a universe dominated by phantom energy in which expansion tears apart all bound structures in finite time. This meaning comes from Caldwell (2003) in Physical Review Letters.[1]

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References

Caldwell, R. R., Kamionkowski, M., & Weinberg, N. N. (2003). Phantom Energy: Dark Energy with w < − 1 Causes a Cosmic Doomsday. Physical Review Letters, 91(7). https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.91.071301

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