An accelerated closed universe

Abstract

We study a model in which a closed universe with dust and quintessence matter components may look like an accelerated flat Friedmann-Robertson-Walker (FRW) universe at low redshifts. Several quantities relevant to the model are expressed in terms of observed density parameters, $\Omega_M$ and $\Omega_{\Lambda}$, and of the associated density parameter $\Omega_Q$ related to the quintessence scalar field $Q$.Comment: 11 pages. For a festschrift honoring Alberto Garcia. To appear in Gen. Rel. Gra