2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/174915Brane cosmology presents many interesting possibilities including: phantom acceleration (w<-1), self-acceleration, unification of dark energy with inflation, transient acceleration, loitering cosmology, new singularities at which the Hubble parameter remains finite, cosmic mimicry, etc. The existence of a time-like extra dimension can result in a singularity-free cyclic cosmology.10 pages, 3 figures. Invited contribution to "Problems of Modern Cosmology", special volume commemorating the fiftieth birthday of Prof. S.D. OdintsovAstrophysicsGeneral Relativity and Quantum CosmologyHigh Energy Physics - Theorytext