Living with Lambda

Abstract

A short pedagogical note about the consequences of a nonzero cosmological constant in physical cosmology.

16 pages, uses epsfig,prd, aps style files, 5 figures included in text, final version to appear as invited review in Astrophysics and Space Science

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