Quintom dark energy in the DGP braneworld cosmology

In this Letter we consider a Z(2) symmetrical 3-brave embedded in a 5-dimensional spacetime. We study the effective Einstein equation and acceleration condition in presence of the quintom dark energy fluid as the bulk matter field. It is shown that the time-dependent bulk quintom field induces a time-dependent cosmological constant on the brane. In the framework of the DGP model, the effective Einstein equation is obtained in two different cases: (i) where the quintom field is considered as the bulk matter field and the brave is empty and, (ii) where the quintom dark energy is confined on the brave and the bulk is empty. We show that in both cases one could obtain a self-inflationary solution at late time in positive branch epsilon = 1, and an asymptotically static universe in negative branch epsilon = -1. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.