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    Toward reconstruction of dynamics of the Universe from distant supernovae type Ia

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    We demonstrate a model-independent method of estimating qualitative dynamics of an accelerating universe from observations of distant type Ia supernovae. Our method is based on the luminosity-distance function, optimized to fit observed distances of supernovae, and the Hamiltonian representation of dynamics for the quintessential universe with a general form of equation of state p=w(a(z))ρp=w(a(z))\rho. Because of the Hamiltonian structure of FRW dynamics with the equation of state p=w(a(z))ρp = w(a(z)) \rho, the dynamics is uniquelly determined by the potential function V(a)V(a) of the system. The effectiveness of this method in discrimination of model parameters of Cardassian evolution scenario is also given. Our main result is the following, restricting to the flat model with the current value of Ωm,0=0.3\Omega_{m,0}=0.3, the constraints at 2σ2\sigma confidence level to the presence of ρn\rho^{n} modification of the FRW models are 0.50n0.36-0.50 \lesssim n \lesssim 0.36.Comment: 15 pages, 12 figures, RevTeX

    Phantom cosmology as a simple model with dynamical complexity

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    We study the Friedmann-Robertson-Walker model with phantom fields modelled in terms of scalar fields. We apply the Ziglin theory of integrability and find that the flat model is nonintegrable. Then we cannot expect to determine simple analytical solutions of the Einstein equations. We demonstrate that there is only a discrete set of parameters where this model is integrable. For comparison we describe the phantoms fields in terms of the barotropic equation of state. It is shown that in the contrast to the phantoms modelled as scalar fields, the dynamics is always integrable and phase portraits are constructed. In this case we find the duality relation.Comment: RevTeX4, 11 pages, 2 figures; rewritten (v.2); new section on complex dynamics in cases with and without spontaneous symmetry breaking (v.3); this new section on numerical analysis of complex dynamics was dropped, upload to match version in PRE (v.4

    AWSCPA & ASWA: A 50 Year Perspective

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