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Cosmic acceleration without quintessence

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2009-10-31 v1 Astrophysics

Abstract

It is argued that the Brans-Dicke theory may explain the present accelerated expansion of the universe without resorting to a cosmological constant or quintessence matter

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0012048,
  title  = {Cosmic acceleration without quintessence},
  author = {Narayan Banerjee and Diego Pavon},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0012048},
  year   = {2009}
}

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Latex file, 7 pages, no figures, to be published in Phys. Rev. D