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Quintessence and the accelerating universe

Astrophysics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

Observations seem to indicate that our universe is presently accelerating due to the presence of dark energy. Quintessence represents a possible way to model the dark energy. In these proceedings, we briefly review its main properties.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0210533,
  title  = {Quintessence and the accelerating universe},
  author = {Philippe Brax and Jerome Martin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0210533},
  year   = {2007}
}

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4 pages, 3 figures. Invited talk given by J. Martin at the Sf2a meeting (June 24-29, 2002, Paris)

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