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The Null Energy Condition and its violation

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We give a mini-review of scalar field theories with second-derivative Lagrangians, whose field equations are second order. Some of these theories admit solutions violating the Null Energy Condition and having no obvious pathologies. We give a few examples of using these theories in cosmological setting and also in the context of the creation of a universe in the laboratory.

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Does Eternal Inflation Violate the Smeared Null Energy Condition?

gr-qc · 2026-06-06 · unverdicted · novelty 5.0

In canonical single-field eternal inflation, stochastic upward fluctuations do not violate the SNEC within the semiclassical slow-roll regime due to parametrically bounded drift and a strong timescale hierarchy N_SNEC ≫ N_BR.

Cosmic Strings as Dynamical Dark Energy: Novel Constraints

astro-ph.CO · 2025-05-28 · conditional · novelty 4.0

Cosmic string networks are constrained to less than ~1% of the energy density using CMB+BAO+SN data, with some models preferring mildly negative densities but no Bayesian evidence favoring them over LambdaCDM.

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  • Cosmic Strings as Dynamical Dark Energy: Novel Constraints astro-ph.CO · 2025-05-28 · conditional · none · ref 47 · internal anchor

    Cosmic string networks are constrained to less than ~1% of the energy density using CMB+BAO+SN data, with some models preferring mildly negative densities but no Bayesian evidence favoring them over LambdaCDM.