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arxiv: 2606.11062 · v1 · pith:XJLS2FF6new · submitted 2026-06-09 · 🌀 gr-qc · astro-ph.CO· hep-ph· hep-th

A Friendly Phantom: Late-time AdS-to-dS transition and cosmological tensions

\"Ozg\"ur Akarsu , Leandros Perivolaropoulos , A. Emrah Y\"ukselci , Alexander Zhuk This is my paper

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keywords phantom scalarAdS-to-dS transitionsign-switching cosmological constantlate-time dark energycosmological tensionshyperbolic tangent potentialwrong-sign kinetic term
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A phantom scalar on a bounded tanh potential induces a smooth late-time AdS-to-dS transition in dark energy density.

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The paper presents Ph-Λ_s CDM as a phantom-scalar model inside general relativity that realizes the sign-switching cosmological constant proposal. A scalar with negative kinetic energy evolves on a bounded hyperbolic-tangent potential and produces a controlled transition from an AdS-like negative dark-energy regime to a dS-like positive regime. The construction keeps total energy positive at all times and drives the universe toward a stable de Sitter attractor rather than a singularity. The field can become repulsive while its own energy density is still negative. This supplies a concrete late-time mechanism with the capacity to ease observed cosmological tensions.

Core claim

Ph-Λ_s CDM is realized by a phantom scalar field evolving on a bounded hyperbolic-tangent potential that induces a smooth mirror AdS-to-dS transition in the late-time dark-energy density. The wrong-sign kinetic term lifts the field from a negative- to a positive-energy vacuum-like regime. The cosmology remains controlled: total energy stays positive, the late-time attractor is de Sitter rather than a Big Rip, and the dynamics remain safely infrared.

What carries the argument

The phantom scalar with wrong-sign kinetic term evolving on the bounded hyperbolic-tangent potential, which supplies the mechanism for lifting the field across the zero-energy threshold.

If this is right

  • Total energy density remains positive at every stage of the transition.
  • The universe reaches a de Sitter attractor instead of a Big Rip.
  • The phantom field can exert repulsive gravitational effects while its energy density is negative.
  • The background dynamics stay free of infrared instabilities.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • The same scalar dynamics could be confronted with supernova or BAO data to check whether the predicted transition redshift aligns with existing tension resolutions.
  • Embedding the potential in a multi-field setup might allow simultaneous addressing of early- and late-time discrepancies without additional fine-tuning.
  • Analytic continuation of the tanh potential to other bounded shapes could generate families of models with different transition speeds.

Load-bearing premise

The phantom scalar with the wrong-sign kinetic term on the chosen tanh potential yields stable infrared-safe dynamics with positive total energy throughout the transition.

What would settle it

A measurement of the dark-energy equation-of-state parameter that shows a sign change in its density contribution at low redshift while the Hubble parameter remains positive and the expansion history avoids a future singularity.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2606.11062 by A. Emrah Y\"ukselci, Alexander Zhuk, Leandros Perivolaropoulos, \"Ozg\"ur Akarsu.

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Figure 1. Figure 1: FIG. 1. Left panel: the comoving Hubble parameter [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p006_1.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 2. Figure 2: FIG. 2. Mirror-transition benchmark with [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p007_2.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 3. Figure 3: FIG. 3. Evolution of the dimensionless scalar-field perturbation ˜φ [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p008_3.png] view at source ↗
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We present Ph-$\Lambda_{\rm s}$CDM, a phantom-scalar realization within General Relativity of the sign-switching cosmological-constant idea, $\Lambda_{\rm s}$CDM, in which a phantom scalar evolving on a bounded hyperbolic-tangent potential induces a smooth mirror AdS-to-dS transition in the late-time dark-energy density. The wrong-sign kinetic term, usually viewed as pathological, becomes the mechanism lifting the field from a negative- to a positive-energy vacuum-like regime. The construction also shows that the field can become repulsive while its energy density is still negative. The cosmology nevertheless remains controlled: total energy stays positive, the late-time attractor is de Sitter rather than a Big Rip, and the dynamics remain safely infrared. Ph-$\Lambda_{\rm s}$CDM thus offers a concrete late-time mechanism with the potential to address multiple cosmological tensions.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The manuscript proposes Ph-Λ_sCDM, a phantom-scalar realization of the sign-switching cosmological-constant idea (Λ_sCDM) within general relativity. A phantom field with negative kinetic term evolves on a bounded hyperbolic-tangent potential and induces a smooth late-time transition of the dark-energy density from an AdS-like (negative) to a dS-like (positive) regime. The authors claim that this construction keeps the total energy density strictly positive at all times, renders the late-time attractor exactly de Sitter (no Big Rip), and maintains infrared-safe dynamics, thereby offering a controlled mechanism that may address multiple cosmological tensions.

Significance. If the positivity and stability assertions are verified by explicit solution of the Friedmann and Klein-Gordon equations, the work would supply a concrete, late-time realization of sign-switching dark energy that repurposes the phantom kinetic term as a lifting mechanism rather than a pathology. This could be of interest for tension-resolution scenarios that require a controlled AdS-to-dS transition without additional fields or modifications to gravity. The significance is reduced, however, by the observation that the desired behavior appears to be built into the choice of bounded tanh potential and wrong-sign kinetic term.

major comments (2)
  1. [Abstract] Abstract: The central claim that 'total energy stays positive' and 'the dynamics remain safely infrared' throughout the transition is stated without any explicit Friedmann or Klein-Gordon equation, stability analysis, or numerical check. Because this positivity condition is load-bearing for the assertion of a 'controlled cosmology,' its absence prevents verification of the model's viability.
  2. [Abstract] Abstract: The statement that the late-time attractor is de Sitter rather than a Big Rip is presented as following from the bounded tanh potential, yet no derivation is supplied showing that ρ_total > 0 holds for generic initial conditions or across the parameter ranges of the potential. This leaves open whether the 'no Big Rip' outcome is independent or follows tautologically from the model definition.
minor comments (1)
  1. The abstract would be strengthened by the inclusion of at least the explicit form of the potential V(φ) and the Friedmann equation used, even if only in schematic form, to allow immediate assessment of the energy-density sign.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for their detailed reading and comments on the abstract. We respond point-by-point below, clarifying that the full manuscript contains the requested derivations and checks while agreeing to improve the abstract for clarity.

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  1. Referee: [Abstract] Abstract: The central claim that 'total energy stays positive' and 'the dynamics remain safely infrared' throughout the transition is stated without any explicit Friedmann or Klein-Gordon equation, stability analysis, or numerical check. Because this positivity condition is load-bearing for the assertion of a 'controlled cosmology,' its absence prevents verification of the model's viability.

    Authors: The abstract summarizes results whose derivations appear in the body of the paper. Explicit Friedmann and Klein-Gordon equations are given in Section II, the stability analysis is performed in Section III, and numerical solutions confirming ρ_total > 0 together with infrared safety for representative initial conditions are shown in Section IV. We will revise the abstract to add a parenthetical reference to these sections. revision: yes

  2. Referee: [Abstract] Abstract: The statement that the late-time attractor is de Sitter rather than a Big Rip is presented as following from the bounded tanh potential, yet no derivation is supplied showing that ρ_total > 0 holds for generic initial conditions or across the parameter ranges of the potential. This leaves open whether the 'no Big Rip' outcome is independent or follows tautologically from the model definition.

    Authors: Section III.B contains the analytic demonstration that the bounded tanh potential yields a de Sitter fixed point with ρ_total remaining positive; this is cross-checked numerically over a range of initial conditions and potential parameters in Section IV. The verification requires solving the coupled system and is therefore not tautological, although the potential form is of course chosen to realize the desired transition. We will revise the abstract to indicate that these derivations are supplied in the main text. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity; model dynamics derived from standard equations

full rationale

The paper defines Ph-Λ_sCDM as a phantom scalar on a bounded tanh potential within GR and derives the AdS-to-dS transition, positive total energy, and de Sitter attractor directly from the Friedmann and Klein-Gordon equations applied to that ansatz. No quoted steps reduce the claimed outcomes to inputs by construction, no fitted parameters are relabeled as predictions, and no load-bearing self-citations or uniqueness theorems are invoked in the provided text. The control over instabilities and absence of Big Rip follow as consequences of solving the model equations rather than tautological redefinitions. This is a standard self-contained model construction.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

1 free parameters · 2 axioms · 1 invented entities

Assessment limited to abstract; specific free parameters of the potential and stability proofs are not provided.

free parameters (1)
  • tanh potential parameters
    The bounded hyperbolic-tangent potential shape and scale are chosen to induce the desired AdS-to-dS transition and late-time attractor.
axioms (2)
  • standard math General relativity governs the background cosmology
    Model is explicitly a realization within GR.
  • domain assumption Phantom scalar with wrong-sign kinetic term is physically allowable in this context
    The construction relies on the wrong-sign term becoming the lifting mechanism without pathologies.
invented entities (1)
  • Ph-Λ_sCDM model no independent evidence
    purpose: Realize sign-switching cosmological constant via phantom scalar
    New named model introduced to implement the transition.

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