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A D-dimensional gravitational model with a Gauss-Bonnet term and the cosmological term Lambda is considered. By assuming diagonal cosmological metrics, we find, for certain fine-tuned Lambda, a class of solutions with exponential time…
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We consider further consequences of recently [1] revealed role of cosmological constant \Lambda as of a physical constant, along with the gravitational one to define the gravity i.e. the General Relativity and its low-energy limit. We now…
A cosmological constant, Lambda, is the most natural candidate to explain the origin of the dark energy (DE) component in the Universe. However, due to experimental evidence that the equation of state (EOS) of the DE could be evolving with…