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Dark-energy models are often characterized by an equation-of-state parameter w that relates pressure to energy density.
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If dark-energy density evolves, its pressure and density change with the scale factor and alter distance-redshift relations and structure growth.
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Current data strongly constrain w near the cosmological-constant regime.
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