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arxiv: hep-th/0502203 · v3 · submitted 2005-02-22 · ✦ hep-th · astro-ph· gr-qc· hep-ph

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Instabilities and the null energy condition

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We show that violation of the null energy condition implies instability in a broad class of models, including classical gauge theories with scalar and fermionic matter as well as any perfect fluid. When applied to the dark energy, our results imply that $w = p / \rho$ is unlikely to be less than -1.

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