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arxiv: astro-ph/0110211 · v1 · submitted 2001-10-09 · 🌌 astro-ph

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Quintessence-the Dark Energy in the Universe?

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keywords energydarkquintessenceuniversebasicconstantconstitutecosmological
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Quintessence - the energy density of a slowly evolving scalar field - may constitute a dynamical form of the homogeneous dark energy in the universe. We review the basic idea and indicate observational tests which may distinguish quintessence from a cosmological constant.

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