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ASBTRACT

1.INTRODUCTION

2.THE COSMOLOGICAL CONSTANT AND VACUUM ENERGY

3.A DYNAMICAL LAMBDA-TERM

3.1.Scalar Field Models of Dark Energy

3.2.Quintessential Inflation in Braneworld scenario's

3.3.Reconstructing the Cosmic Equation of State

3.4.Probing Dark Energy Using the Statefinder Statistic

4.HORIZONS IN A LAMBDA-DOMINATED UNIVERSE

5.CONCLUSIONS

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