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We show that effective theories of matter that classically violate the null energy condition cannot be minimally coupled to Einstein gravity without being inconsistent with both string theory and black hole thermodynamics. We argue however that they could still be either non-minimally coupled or coupled to higher-curvature theories of gravity.

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    • On Coupling NEC-Violating Matter to Gravity
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    2015-03-16
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    • Digital object identifier: 10.1016/j.physletb.2015.03.020
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      0370-2693
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      1873-2445
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    • The final version of this article, as published in Physics Letters B, can be viewed online at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269315001835?via%3Dihub

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    Chatterjee, S., Parikh, M., & Schaar, J. P. (2015). On coupling NEC-violating matter to gravity. Physics Letters B, 744, 34-37. doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2015.03.020

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